Chinese Character 义 Meanings and components.

Form

义

Meaning

义 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yi.

(Tw) Abbr. For 義大利|义大利[Yi4 Da4 Li4], Italy.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 义 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to regulate (乂) , and 'dot' radical in … (丶)

Its radical[1] is: 丿 (pie3) which means: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4), See 撇[Pie3], .丿pie3radical in …

In cangjie it is written with IK

How to write 义

To write义yi4surname Yi you should write a combination of 乂yi4to regulate , 丶zhu3'dot' radical … arranged in a + shape:

乂 + 丶 = 义

义 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 义 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 义, looks as follow:

义
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Yi . (Tw) Abbr. For 義大利|义大利[Yi4 Da4 Li4], Italy
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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