Chinese Character 刺 Meanings and components.

Form

刺

Meaning

刺 meaning[3] in English

(Onom.) Whoosh.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 刺 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are stab (朿) , and 'knife' radical in … (刂)

Its radical[1] is: 刀 (dao1) which means: Surname Dao, .刀dao1surname Dao

In cangjie it is written with DBLN

How to write 刺

To write刺ci4(onom.) whoosh you should write a combination of 朿ci4stab , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

朿 + 刂 = 刺

刺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

刺
Pinyin:ci4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Onom.) Whoosh
朿
Pinyin:ci4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Stab
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
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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