皿, a pictographic character representing a utensil or vessel for meals, serves as a semantic component to form characters. The characters formed by the semantic component 皿 express meanings related to utensil, vessel, container, box, etc such as 盆, 盘, 盅, 盂, 盛, 盏, 盒, 盖 and so on. Continue reading “皿 utensil for meals”
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食 a food utensil
食, a compound ideograph resembling an ancient food utensil, serves as a semantic component to form characters such as 饥, 饿, 饭, 饮, 饲, 饼, 饺, 餐, 餍, 飨 and so on. Continue reading “食 a food utensil”
手 hand XII
, the twelfth variant of hand in Chinese, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Although there are not so many characters formed by this component, recognizing it helps you understand the meanings of the characters with this component. Continue reading “手 hand XII”
ナ hand X
ナ is a variant of hand 手. Characters formed by the component ナ express things related to hand or extended meanings. Continue reading “ナ hand X”
殳 hand IX
殳 is derived from 手 hand. It serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 殳 express actions or hand-related extended meanings such as 毁, 役, and so on. Continue reading “殳 hand IX”