Chinese Pictophonetic Characters(1)| 形声字 1

现代汉语中,70%左右的汉字都是形声字。形声字有形旁和声旁两部分组成。形旁提示汉字的意思,声旁提示汉字的发音。 Around 70% of Chinese characters are pictophonetic ones, which are composed of two components, one indicating meaning and the other sound.   左右结构的形声字包括两种,一种是“左形右声”,即形旁在左边,声旁在右边,例如: The pictophonetic characters of a left-right … Continue reading Chinese Pictophonetic Characters(1)| 形声字 1