Chinese Character 乖 Meanings and components.

Form

乖

Meaning

乖 meaning[3] in English

(Of A Child) Obedient, Well-Behaved.

Clever.

Shrewd.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 乖 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are thousand (千) , and north (北)

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 HJLP

How to write 乖

To write乖guai1(of a … you should write a combination of 千qian1thousand , 北bei3north arranged in a + shape:

千 + 北 = 乖

乖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

乖
Pinyin:guai1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: (Of A Child) Obedient, Well-Behaved . Clever . Shrewd . Alert . Perverse . Contrary To Reason . Irregular . Abnormal
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
北
Pinyin:bei3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: North . (Classical) To Be Defeated
爿
Pinyin:pan2
Meaning[3]: 'Piece Of Wood' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 90), Mirror Image Of 片[Pian4]
?
Pinyin:?
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

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

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

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