Chinese Character 劇 Meanings and components.

Form

劇

Meaning

劇 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 劇 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are a wild boar (豦) , and 'knife' radical in … (刂)

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

In cangjie it is written with YOLN

How to write 劇

To write劇ju4theatrical work … you should write a combination of 豦ju4a wild … , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

豦 + 刂 = 劇

劇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

劇
Pinyin:ju4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Theatrical Work (Play, Opera, Tv Series Etc) . Dramatic (Change, Increase Etc) . Acute . Severe
豦
Pinyin:ju4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: A Wild Boar . To Fight
虍
Pinyin:hu1
Meaning[3]: Stripes Of A Tiger . 'Tiger' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 141)
豕
Pinyin:shi3
Meaning[3]: Hog . Swine
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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