舌, a pictographic character of tongue, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component tongue 舌express things related to tongue, mouth, or taste. 舌 can also act as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component tongue 舌”
Tag: semantic/phonetic
Component 鼎 three-legged ancient Chinese cooking vessel
鼎, three-legged ancient Chinese cooking vessel/tripod cauldron, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the the semantic component 鼎 express things related to the cooking vessel/tripod caldron. 鼎 also serves as a phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 鼎 three-legged ancient Chinese cooking vessel”
Component 鬲 a three-legged cauldron
鬲, originally a three-legged cauldron, mainly serves as a phonetic component to form characters. It also servers as well as a semantic component. Continue reading “Component 鬲 a three-legged cauldron”
Component 克 a person shouldering things
克, a pictographic character of a person shouldering things, serves as phonetic as well as semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 克 a person shouldering things”
Component 黍 broomcorn millet
黍, broomcorn millet, serves as phonetic as well as semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 黍 broomcorn millet”