Chinese Phonetics 各 咅 者

 各   咅 者  

these symbols in a chinese character are phonetic

No one else  in English seems to have noticed these characters are very often used as phonetic elements and much less frequently carry a symbolic meaning (semantic element).

各  g/k/h

咅 p/b/ph

者  -u -uo -e -a  

殳 sh/zh- , -u -ou -i  (is also used pictorially, it's a hand with a weapon usually a spear see e.g. 丨)

只 zh/sh (is also used semantically, split/directed/derived from)

The first three might have had pictorial or semantic forms in oracle bone script, but due to standardization/simplification they really are only phonetic symbols. 

I am convinced Chinese has more phonetic qualities than are generally taught and have identified around 100-200 characters where there is an initial sound clue from one component and a final sound clue in another e.g. 填 Tu+zhEN

进来 进 the bird on the road in the traditional character symbolized the idea of going, to enter. Later the bird form on the top right 隹 was simplified/standardize to 井 jing well, which is thus a phonetic clue but resembles somewhat the earlier ideograph. This illustrates how over time some of the pictographs and ideographs evolved into pictophonetic characters. The road on the left remains the idea of entering the sound clue is on the right. 来 was originally grain, which is or was the same sound as lai come so it was a loan or transfer character. This character was simplified / standardized to the present form which still looks like 米 mi rice. Everyone COMES to the table for rice or grain.

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