丫 is a pictographic character of the fork of a tree and serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “丫 fork of a tree”
Tag: tree
Parts of a tree
树冠 shù guān, crown
树叶 shù yè, leaves
细枝 xì zhī, twig
树枝 shù zhī,branch
树干 shù gàn, trunk
树根 roots
树皮 shù gēn, bark
Component 朿 a tree with thorns
朿, originally a tree with thorns, is a cognate of 刺. It serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 朿 a tree with thorns”
Component 荣 chinese parasol tree
荣(榮), originally chinese parasol tree or blooming flowers, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 荣 chinese parasol tree”
Component 木 tree
木, tree, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 木 express things related to plants, woody plants, wood products, etc. Continue reading “Component 木 tree”