Chinese Character 厄 Meanings and components.

Form

厄

Meaning

厄 meaning[3] in English

Distressed.

View more meanings of 厄 in English

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 厄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'cliff' radical in … (厂) , and 'seal' radical in … (㔾)

Its radical[1] is: 厂 (chang3) which means: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc, .厂chang3'cliff' radical …

In cangjie it is written with MSU

How to write 厄

To write厄e4distressed you should write a combination of 厂chang3'cliff' radical … , 㔾xian1'seal' radical … arranged in a 吕 shape:

厂 + 㔾 = 厄

厄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

厄
Pinyin:e4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Distressed
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
㔾
Pinyin:xian1
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 厄in English or Chinese