匚, originally a box, serves as a semantic component to form characters that are related to square containers or other types of containers such as 匣, 匡, 匠,医, 匿, 匾, 匝, 匪, 区, etc. Continue reading “匚 left box”
Tag: semantic
戈 dagger-axe or halberd
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”
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”