玄, originally silk tie or knot for dyed silk, is pictographic character. 玄 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component 玄 share compound vowels ian and uan. Continue reading “Component 玄 silk tie or knot for dyed silk”
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Component silk 丝 糹纟
丝, a compound ideographic character of silk, serves as semantic we well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component silk 丝 express things related to silk, rope, cotton, textile, color, etc such as 缝纫线绳纽级纺织纤维纱绿绸缎. Continue reading “Component silk 丝 糹纟”
Radical silk 纟
Have you seen a Chinese knot 中国结? Maybe someone can even make one. Why 结？As you know, a Chinese knot is made of cords, silk, or threads, etc. Speaking of the name of 结, we like to share with you a very important radical silk 纟. Continue reading “Radical silk 纟”