Chinese Character 剧 Meanings and components.

Form

剧

Meaning

剧 meaning[3] in English

Theatrical Work (Play, Opera, Tv Series Etc).

Dramatic (Change, Increase Etc).

Acute.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with SRLN

How to write 剧

To write剧ju4theatrical work … you should write a combination of 居ju1surname Ju , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

居 + 刂 = 剧

剧 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

剧
Pinyin:ju4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Theatrical Work (Play, Opera, Tv Series Etc) . Dramatic (Change, Increase Etc) . Acute . Severe
居
Pinyin:ju1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ju
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
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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