Chinese Character 乩 Meanings and components.

Form

乩

Meaning

乩 meaning[3] in English

To Divine.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 乩 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 占[zhan4] (占) , and component in Chinese … (乚)

Its radical[1] is: 乙 (yi3) which means: Second Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1], Second In Order, Letter 'B' Or Roman 'Ii' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc, Second Party (In Legal Contract, Usually 乙方[Yi3 Fang1], As Opposed To 甲方[Jia3 Fang1]), Ethyl, Bent, Winding, Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 5), Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 105°, .乙yi3second of …

In cangjie it is written with YRU

How to write 乩

To write乩ji1to divine you should write a combination of 占zhan4variant of … , 乚yin3component in … arranged in a 吅 shape:

占 + 乚 = 乩

乩 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

乩
Pinyin:ji1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Divine
占
Pinyin:zhan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 占[Zhan4]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]

Notes

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

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

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