Chinese Character 亥 Meanings and components.

Form

亥

Meaning

亥 meaning[3] in English

12th Earthly Branch: 9-11 P.M., 10th Solar Month (7th November-6th December), Year Of The Boar.

Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 330°.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 亥 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'lid' radical in … (亠) , (?) , and man (人)

Its radical[1] is: 亠 (tou2) which means: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8), .亠tou2'lid' radical …

In cangjie it is written with YVHO

How to write 亥

To write亥hai412th earthly … you should write a combination of 亠tou2'lid' radical … , ?? 人ren2man arranged in a 吕 shape:

亠 + ? + 人 = 亥

亥 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

亥
Pinyin:hai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 12th Earthly Branch: 9-11 P.M., 10th Solar Month (7th November-6th December), Year Of The Boar . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 330°
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
?
Pinyin:?
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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