Chinese Character 匙 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

匙 meaning[3] in English

Spoon.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are is (是) , and dagger (匕)

Its radical[1] is: (bi3) which means: Dagger, Ladle, Ancient Type Of Spoon, .bi3dagger

In cangjie it is written with AOP

How to write 匙

To writeshi5spoon you should write a combination of shi4is , bi3dagger arranged in a shape:

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匙 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:shi5 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Spoon

Pinyin:shi4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Is . Are . Am . Yes . To Be

Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

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Pinyin:ya3

Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 匙in English or Chinese