Chinese Character 依 Meanings and components.

Form

依

Meaning

依 meaning[3] in English

To Depend On.

To Comply With Or Listen To Sb.

According To.

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Main Components

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

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 OYHV

How to write 依

To write依yi1to depend … you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 衣yi1clothes arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 衣 = 依

依 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

依
Pinyin:yi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Depend On . To Comply With Or Listen To Sb . According To . In The Light Of
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
衣
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: Clothes . Cl:件[Jian4] . Kangxi Radical 145
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
𧘇
Pinyin:𧘇5 Shape:一
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
𠄌
Pinyin:jue2
乀
Pinyin:fu2
Meaning[3]: Stretch

Notes

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

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

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