Chinese Character 偵 Meanings and components.

Form

偵

Meaning

偵 meaning[3] in English

To Scout.

To Spy.

To Detect.

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Main Components

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

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 OYBC

How to write 偵

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

亻 + 貞 = 偵

偵 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

偵
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]
貞
Pinyin:zhen1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Chaste
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
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

Notes

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

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

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