Chinese Character 例 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

例 meaning[3] in English

Example.

Precedent.

Rule.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and to arrange (列)

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

In cangjie it is written with OMNN

How to write 例

To writeli4example you should write a combination of ren2'person' radical … , lie4to arrange arranged in a shape:

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例 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:li4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Example . Precedent . Rule . Case . Instance

Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)

Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Pinyin:lie4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Arrange . To Line Up . File . Series . (In Data Tables) Column . (Tw) Row

Pinyin:dai3
Meaning[3]: Bad . Wicked . Evil . Kangxi Radical 78

Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

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