戈, a pictographic character of a dagger-axe or halberd, serves as semantic component to form characters. 戈 mainly appears in ideographs e.g. 戊 戌 我 成 戍 或 伐 戕 戎 戒 戡 截 etc or phono-semantic compounds of left-right structure, e.g. 战, 戡, etc to express things related to weapons, war or killing. Continue reading “戈 dagger-axe or halberd”
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斤 an axe
斤 jīn, a pictographic character of an axe, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 斤 have to do with axe-alike tools or something related to the use of such tools, e.g. 斥, 斧, 斩, 断, 斯, 斫, 新, etc. Continue reading “斤 an axe”
车 a chariot
车 chē, a pictographic character of an ancient chariot, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 车 have to do with vehicles such as 轮, 转, 轨, 较, 轩, 辕, 轴, 辆, 辗, 辙, etc. Continue reading “车 a chariot”
网 a net
网, a pictographic character of a net, serves as a semantic component to form characters. When it serves as a component, 网 is written as 罒. Continue reading “网 a net”
手 hand I
手, a pictographic character of hand, has eleven variants. 手 serves as a semantic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the semantic component 手 have the up-down structure such as 拳, 拿, 掌,挚, 掣, 挚, etc. Continue reading “手 hand I”