Chinese Character 以 Meanings and components.

Form

以

Meaning

以 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 以[Yi3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 以 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are old variant of … (厶) , and man (人)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with VIO

How to write 以

To write以yi3old variant … you should write a combination of 厶si1old variant … , 人ren2man arranged in a 吅 shape:

厶 + 人 = 以

以 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

以
Pinyin:yi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 以[Yi3]
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
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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