Chinese Character 凄 Meanings and components.

Form

凄

Meaning

凄 meaning[3] in English

Intense Cold.

Frigid.

Dismal.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 凄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'ice' radical in … (冫) , and wife (妻)

Its radical[1] is: 冫 (bing1) which means: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3], .冫bing1'ice' radical …

In cangjie it is written with IMJLV

How to write 凄

To write凄qi1intense cold you should write a combination of 冫bing1'ice' radical … , 妻qi1wife arranged in a 吅 shape:

冫 + 妻 = 凄

凄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

凄
Pinyin:qi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Intense Cold . Frigid . Dismal . Grim . Bleak . Sad . Mournful . Also Written 淒|凄[Qi1]
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
妻
Pinyin:qi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Wife
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
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

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

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

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