Chinese Character 另 Meanings and components.

Form

另

Meaning

另 meaning[3] in English

Other.

Another.

Separate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 另 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and surname Li (力)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RKS

How to write 另

To write另ling4other you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 力li4surname Li arranged in a 吕 shape:

口 + 力 = 另

另 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

另
Pinyin:ling4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Other . Another . Separate . Separately
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

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

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

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