Chinese Character 偈 Meanings and components.

Form

偈

Meaning

偈 meaning[3] in English

Buddhist Hymn.

Gatha.

Buddhist Verse.

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Main Components

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

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 OAPV

How to write 偈

To write偈ji4Buddhist hymn you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 曷he2why arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 曷 = 偈

偈 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

偈
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Buddhist Hymn . Gatha . Buddhist Verse
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]
曷
Pinyin:he2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Why . How . When . What . Where
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
匃
Pinyin:gai4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 丐[Gai4]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
亾
Pinyin:wang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 亡[Wang2]
𠃊
Pinyin:yin3 Shape:一
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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