Chinese Character 启 Meanings and components.

Form

启

Meaning

启 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 啟|启[Qi3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 启 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are a household (户) , 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 ISR

How to write 启

To write启qi3variant of … you should write a combination of 户hu4a household , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

户 + 口 = 启

启 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

启
Pinyin:qi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 啟|启[Qi3]
户
Pinyin:hu4
Meaning[3]: A Household . Door . Family
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
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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