麦 ( traditional 麥), originally a wheat plant, serves as semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 麦 a wheat plant”
Tag: semantic
Component 竹 bamboo
竹, bamboo, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 竹 express meanings related to bamboo or products of bamboo. Continue reading “Component 竹 bamboo”
Component 草 grass
草, grass, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 艹 grass express meanings related to plant such as grass, flowers, herbs, etc such as 芝, 芦, 苗, 芽, 芙, 花, 芥, 菜, 芒, 芳, 菜, 芍, 药, 苍, etc. Continue reading “Component 草 grass”
Component 辶 walk
辶, derived from 辵 walk, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 辶 express meanings related to walking, distance, foot movements, etc such as 过, 迁, 迟, 进, 返, 迅, 速, 近, 运, 远, 还, and so on. Continue reading “Component 辶 walk”
Component 行 a street intersection
行, a compound ideographic character of a street intersection, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component express things related to street, place, connection, spreading, etc. Continue reading “Component 行 a street intersection”