Chinese Character 司 Meanings and components.

Form

司

Meaning

司 meaning[3] in English

Surname Si.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 司 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𠃌) , and (𠮛)

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 SMR

How to write 司

To write司si1surname Si you should write a combination of 𠃌gun3 , 𠮛𠮛5 arranged in a 吕 shape:

𠃌 + 𠮛 = 司

司 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

司
Pinyin:si1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Si
𠃌
Pinyin:gun3 Shape:一
𠮛
Pinyin:𠮛5 Shape:吕
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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