How a semantic component relates to the meaning of a character?

As we know most of the Chinese characters are 形声字 phono-semantic characters, it’s really necessary to study how a semantic component relates to the meaning of a character. @decodemandarinchinese #semantic #character #components Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:06 General explation 0:28 The semantic component and the character has the same or similar meaning 0:57 The semantic component expresses general meaning and the character expresses sub-meaning 1:31 The semantic component has a direct realation with the meaning of the character 1:54 The semantic component has an indrect relation with the meaning of the character 2:11 Conclusion