Chinese Character 听 Meanings and components.

Form

听

Meaning

听 meaning[3] in English

Smile (Archaic).

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Main Components

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

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 RHML

How to write 听

To write听ting1smile (archaic) you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 斤jin1catty arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 斤 = 听

听 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

听
Pinyin:ting1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Smile (Archaic)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G

Notes

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

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

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