05 combined characters(2)
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This document discusses pictophonetic characters in Chinese language. It explains that pictophonetic characters make up 90% of Chinese characters and are composed of two parts: a semantic part that indicates meaning and a phonetic part that indicates pronunciation. However, the phonetic part does not always accurately reflect the pronunciation of the character. Several examples of pictophonetic characters are provided along with their semantic and phonetic components and meanings.
05 combined characters(2)
- 1. Kapittel 05 Combined characters (2)- Pictophonetic characters
- 2. xíng shēng • Pictophonetic characters (形 声 - "form and sound")are one category of combined characters.
- 3. • A Pictophonetic character is made up of two parts: "semantic part" (indicating meaning of the character) and "phonetic part" (indicating the pronunciation of the character ) Semantic phonetic Pictophonetic character
- 4. • 90% of Chinese characters are pictophonetic characters. Although their amount is quite big, they are not difficult to understand and pronounce if we are familiar with the basic independent characters(pictograms & simple ideograms). semantic phonetic Pictophonetic character Char. Meaning Char. Pron. Char. Pron. Meaning 氵 water + 木 mù = 沐 mù to wash one’s hair 氵 water + 林 lín = 淋 lín to pour 艹 grass + 采 cǎi = 菜 cài vegetable 艹 grass + 牙 yá = 芽 yá bud 木 wood + 乔 qiáo = 桥 qiáo bridge 日 sun + 青 qīnɡ = 晴 qínɡ sunny
- 5. • The development of Chinese language is complicated. Some characters has changed their pronunciations developments. So we can find out that the phonetic part of a character doesn't represent the exact pronunciation of the character. semantic part phonetic part Pictophonetic character Char. Meaning Char. Pron. Char. Pron. Meaning speech + jǐng = jiǎng to talk, to speak fire + yīn = yān smoke
- 6. zhù 住 to dwell, to live
- 7. jī 机 machine
- 8. hé 河 river
- 10. hūn 婚 marriage
- 11. zhǐ 指 to point, to indicate; finger
- 12. bà 爸 papa
- 13. cǎo 草 grass
- 14. chàng 唱 to sing (sang)
- 15. bìng 病 sick, ill
- 16. cái 财 wealth
- 17. chāo 超 super
- 18. chén 晨 morning
- 19. dù 肚 belly
- 20. fàn 饭 food, rice
- 21. fàng 放 release
- 22. gāng 钢 steel
- 23. gē 歌 sang
- 24. hái 孩 child
- 25. jiǎng 讲 to talk, to speak
- 26. jìn 近 near
- 27. kè 客 guest
- 28. wèn 问 to ask
- 29. kuài 筷 chopstick
- 31. mào 帽 hat,cap
- 32. pá 爬 crawl,climb
- 33. pǎo 跑 to run
- 34. piāo 飘 to float, to fly
- 35. qí 骑 to ride
- 39. wù 雾 fog,mist
- 40. xiǎng 想 to think
- 41. yān 烟 smoke
- 42. yuán 园 garden
- 45. Takk for i dag!