How to determine the five elements attributes of a character?

1. Determine from the meaning of the word

The so-called meaning of the word is the meaning of the word. Many Chinese characters can determine the five elements from the meaning of the word. For example:

The five elements of Chinese characters belonging to wood include Yi, Fang, Han, etc.

The Chinese characters belonging to the five elements of fire include light, brilliance, yao, etc.

2. Judging from the glyphs

The so-called shape refers to the glyph, which refers to the physical composition of the characters. Many Chinese characters include wood, fire, earth, metal, and water in their glyphs, which can be seen directly. For example:

The five elements of Chinese characters belonging to wood: Ben, Pu, Shu, Ji, Qiao, Rong, etc.

The five elements of Chinese characters belonging to fire: brilliant, brilliant, flame, torch, beacon, brilliant, etc.

Extended information:

1. Five elements of water characters

Water, Miao, Qin, Ya, Song, Wei, Jiang, He, Lake, Sea , ocean, wave, wave, flood, rain, thunder, hail, rain, Wen, cloud, neon, snow, rain, thunder, fog, mist and other words.

The basic strokes and radicals of the characters belonging to water in the Five Elements: 亠, 冫, 氵, 辶, 月, 子, 水, 尔, 鱼, 黑, 雨, 川, gui, hai, etc.

2. The five elements of earth characters

Tu, tan, embankment, plateau, pagoda, ink, kun, kui, yin, square, altar, city, territory, pei, jia The words , mountain, LAN, island, rock, Cui, Gang, Zheng, E, Yue, Feng, Qi, Dai etc.

The basic strokes and radicals of characters belonging to the five elements of earth: 一, 阝, 々, unitary, 扌, corpse, soil, chen, ugly, field, gen, etc.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Yin Yang and Five Elements