Chinese Character 吱 Meanings and components.

Form

吱

Meaning

吱 meaning[3] in English

(Onom.) Creaking Or Groaning.

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Main Components

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

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 RJE

How to write 吱

To write吱zhi1(onom.) creaking … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 支zhi1surname Zhi arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 支 = 吱

吱 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

吱
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Onom.) Creaking Or Groaning
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
支
Pinyin:zhi1
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhi
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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