亻, derived from the pictographic character 人, serves as semantic component to form characters. 亻is a super important component. Characters formed by the component 亻expresses meanings related to person, acts of person, names of person, characters of person, etc. Continue reading “Component 亻”
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Component 辛 knife
辛, a pictographic character of a knife, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 辛 have to do with crime, criminal law, spicy things, etc such as 辨, 辞, 辣, 辟, 辫, 辜, 辠, etc. Continue reading “Component 辛 knife”
Component 矢 arrow
矢 shǐ, a pictographic character of an arrow, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 矢 have to do with arrows such as 矩, 矫, 矬, 矮, 短, 疾, 雉, etc. Continue reading “Component 矢 arrow”
Component 弓 bow
弓, a pictographic character of a bow, serves as a semantic component to forms characters. The characters formed by the semantic component have to do with the bow. Continue reading “Component 弓 bow”
贝, 见 and 页
These three semantic components 贝, 见 and 页 look very familiar but are totally different. Just explore how they are different! Continue reading “贝, 见 and 页”