Chinese Character 兄 Meanings and components.

Form

兄

Meaning

兄 meaning[3] in English

Elder Brother.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 兄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and variant of 人[ren2] (儿)

Its radical[1] is: 儿 (er2) which means: Variant Of 人[Ren2], 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc, .儿er2variant of …

In cangjie it is written with RHU

How to write 兄

To write兄xiong1elder brother you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 儿er2variant of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

口 + 儿 = 兄

兄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

兄
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Elder Brother
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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