Chinese Character 剃 Meanings and components.

Form

剃

Meaning

剃 meaning[3] in English

To Shave.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with CHLN

How to write 剃

To write剃ti4to shave you should write a combination of 弟di4younger brother , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

弟 + 刂 = 剃

剃 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

剃
Pinyin:ti4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Shave
弟
Pinyin:di4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Younger Brother . Junior Male . I (Modest Word In Letter)
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
𢎨
Pinyin:𢎨5 Shape:+
弔
Pinyin:diao4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: A String Of 100 Cash (Arch.) . To Lament . To Condole With . Variant Of 吊[Diao4]
弓
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
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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