WHOLE CHARACTER
物
things; objects — concrete things beyond people (动物,礼物); the content; the substance (言之有物); other people; the outside world (待人接物)
物 is things: 动物 'animals', 礼物 'gifts', 食物 'food'.
ZDIC: 形声，从牛、勿声.
Character Familiesleft / right
物
things; objects — concrete things beyond people (动物,礼物); the content; the substance (言之有物); other people; the outside world (待人接物)
物 is things: 动物 'animals', 礼物 'gifts', 食物 'food'.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级One character pageAll readings and linked senses stay together.
WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
left / right
ZDIC: 形声，从牛、勿声.
MEANING: THE OX SIDE (ZDIC 从牛)
牛
cow; ox
Repeated in 犇.
In 物: meaning: the ox side (ZDIC 从牛) Written as the left ox radical — the bottom stroke does not pass through, but it is the ox piece.
SOUND SIDE: 勿 (WÙ)
勿
do not (literary)
A standalone literary character; when kept as a piece, its sound role in that character is shown on the character's page.
In 物: sound side: 勿 (wù) wù matches exactly.
Tone 4
- things; objects — concrete things beyond people (动物,礼物)
- the content; the substance (言之有物)
- other people; the outside world (待人接物)
- 动物animal
- 礼物gift; present
- 食物food
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