Chinese Character 係 Meanings and components.

Form

係

Meaning

係 meaning[3] in English

To Connect.

To Relate To.

To Tie Up.

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Main Components

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

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 OHVF

How to write 係

To write係xi4to connect you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 系xi4to connect arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 系 = 係

係 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

係
Pinyin:xi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Connect . To Relate To . To Tie Up . To Bind . To Be (Literary)
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]
系
Pinyin:xi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Connect . To Relate To . To Tie Up . To Bind . To Be (Literary)
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
糸
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: Fine Silk . Kangxi Radical 120
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

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

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

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