Chinese Character 侦 Meanings and components.

Form

侦

Meaning

侦 meaning[3] in English

To Scout.

To Spy.

To Detect.

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Main Components

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

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 OYBO

How to write 侦

To write侦zhen1to scout you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 贞zhen1chaste arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 贞 = 侦

侦 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

侦
Pinyin:zhen1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Scout . To Spy . To Detect
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]
贞
Pinyin:zhen1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Chaste
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
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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