phonetic map : 丸 wan
goulnik
December 14, 2008, 07:28 AM posted in General Discussion| wan | ||
| 汍 wán . 汍澜 wánlán to weep profusely |
丸 wán small ball; pellet; pill; bolus ** 弹丸 dànwán pellet; shot / tiny 药丸 yàowán pill 睾丸 gāowán testis; testicle |
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| fan | ||
| 纨 wán fine silk 纨扇 wánshàn round silk fan |
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| wei | ||
| 骫 wěi crooked 骫曲 wěiqū to stoop to compromise |
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** neither 执 zhí nor 孰 shú are phonetic compounds of 丸 wán
goulnik
December 12, 2008, 11:13 AMok, that is what I thought, will remove. 孰 will have its own map anyway as it is a phonetic character.
changye
December 12, 2008, 10:43 AMThe 丸 in "执" and "孰" is not a phonetic part. Both characters belong to "会意字", which consists of a few semantic parts. In oracle bone scripts (甲骨文), the shape of 执 indicates “a man in handcuffs”, and 孰 “a man holding a platter in his hands”.