Chinese Character 則 Meanings and components.

Form

則

Meaning

則 meaning[3] in English

(Conjunction Used To Express Contrast With A Previous Clause) But.

Then.

Standard.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with BCLN

How to write 則

To write則ze2(conjunction used … you should write a combination of 貝bei4surname Bei , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

貝 + 刂 = 則

則 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

則
Pinyin:ze2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Conjunction Used To Express Contrast With A Previous Clause) But . Then . Standard . Norm . Principle . To Imitate . To Follow . Classifier For Written Items
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
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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