正, an indicative character, originally meant: a foot is walking towards a destination. 正 is composed of 一, an indicative sign; and 止, a foot. 正 mainly serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “正 a foot walking towards a destination”
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Component 廴 walk
廴, originally from 彳, means: walk, go. 廴 serves as semantic component to form characters. In Chinese, 廴 is called 建字底. Characters formed by the component 廴 express meanings related to “go, walk, etc”. Continue reading “Component 廴 walk”
Component 走 a running man with feet underneath
走, a compound ideographic character of a running man with feet underneath, means: walk, run, leave. It serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 走 express things related to walking, walking gestures, foot movements or actions, etc such as 赴, 起, 赶, 趁, 超, 越, 趋, 趃, 赳, 趔 and so on. 走 also acts as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 走 a running man with feet underneath”
Component 历 walk through the woods
历, originally meant: walk through the woods. 厉 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 历 walk through the woods”
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”