Chinese Character 停 Meanings and components.

Form

停

Meaning

停 meaning[3] in English

To Stop.

To Halt.

To Park (A Car).

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Main Components

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

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 OYRN

How to write 停

To write停ting2to stop you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 亭ting2pavilion arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 亭 = 停

停 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

停
Pinyin:ting2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Halt . To Park (A Car)
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]
亭
Pinyin:ting2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Pavilion . Booth . Kiosk . Erect
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
丁
Pinyin:ding1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ding
一
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
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]

Notes

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

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

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