Chinese Character 乘 Meanings and components.

Form

乘

Meaning

乘 meaning[3] in English

Surname Cheng.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 乘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cereal (禾) , 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 HDLP

How to write 乘

To write乘cheng2surname Cheng you should write a combination of 禾he2cereal , 北bei3north arranged in a + shape:

禾 + 北 = 乘

乘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

乘
Pinyin:cheng2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Cheng
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
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]
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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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