Chinese Character 側 Meanings and components.

Form

側

Meaning

側 meaning[3] in English

The Side.

To Incline Towards.

To Lean.

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Main Components

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

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 OBCN

How to write 側

To write側ce4the side you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 則ze2(conjunction used … arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 則 = 側

側 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

側
Pinyin:ce4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: The Side . To Incline Towards . To Lean . Inclined . Lateral . Side
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]
則
Pinyin:ze2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Conjunction Used To Express Contrast With A Previous Clause) But . Then . Standard . Norm . Principle . To Imitate . To Follow . Classifier For Written Items
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

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

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

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