Chinese Character 呢 Meanings and components.

Form

呢

Meaning

呢 meaning[3] in English

Particle Indicating That A Previously Asked Question Is To Be Applied To The Preceding Word ('What About ...?', 'And ...?').

Particle For Inquiring About Location ('Where Is ...?').

Particle Signaling A Pause, To Emphasize The Preceding Words And Allow The Listener Time To Take Them On Board ('Ok?', 'Are You With Me?').

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Main Components

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

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 RSP

How to write 呢

To write呢ne5particle indicating … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 尼ni2Buddhist nun arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 尼 = 呢

呢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

呢
Pinyin:ne5 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Particle Indicating That A Previously Asked Question Is To Be Applied To The Preceding Word ('What About ...?', 'And ...?') . Particle For Inquiring About Location ('Where Is ...?') . Particle Signaling A Pause, To Emphasize The Preceding Words And Allow The Listener Time To Take Them On Board ('Ok?', 'Are You With Me?') . (At The End Of A Declarative Sentence) Particle Indicating Continuation Of A State Or Action . Particle Indicating Strong Affirmation
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
尼
Pinyin:ni2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Buddhist Nun . (Often Used In Phonetic Spellings)
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
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

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

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

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