Chinese Character 吏 Meanings and components.

Form

吏

Meaning

吏 meaning[3] in English

Minor Government Official Or Functionary (Old).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 吏 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are measure of length, … (丈) , and mouth (口)

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 JLK

How to write 吏

To write吏li4minor government … you should write a combination of 丈zhang4measure of … , 口kou3mouth arranged in a + shape:

丈 + 口 = 吏

吏 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

吏
Pinyin:li4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Minor Government Official Or Functionary (Old)
丈
Pinyin:zhang4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Measure Of Length, Ten Chinese Feet (3.3 M) . To Measure . Husband . Polite Appellation For An Older Male
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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