A more complex is the character � "mā" meaning “mother” (shown right), in which the left part � "nǚ" meaning "woman" or "female" happens to be the semantic component, and also the section header under which dictionaries list the graph. Not all section headers function in a particular character as the semantic component. Some are based on phonetics, or hint as the character's pronunciation, like the right part � "mǎ" meaning "horse" of the character �. Although the meaning of the character � has no clear, obvious connection to a horse, � is included to help the reader remember its pronunciation. Other section headers are merely chosen for convenience of finding the character in a dictionary, and play neither a semantic nor a phonetic role, like � "èr" "two" in � "yà" "second" or "inferior",� "jué" (no meaning) in � "liào" "past tense marker", and � "yī" "one" in � "dīng" "fourth". These two meanings of “radical” are not synonymous, though they may coincide in a particular example, causing a lot of confusion. (For clarity, both semantic component and section header terms are used here.)
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