Chinese Character 偽 Meanings and components.

Form

偽

Meaning

偽 meaning[3] in English

False.

Fake.

Forged.

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Main Components

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

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 OIKF

How to write 偽

To write偽wei3false you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 為wei4as (in … arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 為 = 偽

偽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

偽
Pinyin:wei3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: False . Fake . Forged . Bogus . (Prefix) Pseudo- . Taiwan Pr. [Wei4]
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]
為
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: As (In The Capacity Of) . To Take Sth As . To Act As . To Serve As . To Behave As . To Become . To Be . To Do . By (In The Passive Voice)

Notes

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

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

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