Chinese Character 咦 Meanings and components.

Form

咦

Meaning

咦 meaning[3] in English

Expression Of Surprise.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 咦 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and non-Han people, esp. … (夷)

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 RKN

How to write 咦

To write咦yi2expression of … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 夷yi2non-Han people, … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 夷 = 咦

咦 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

咦
Pinyin:yi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Expression Of Surprise
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
夷
Pinyin:yi2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Non-Han People, Esp. To The East Of China . Barbarians . To Wipe Out . To Exterminate . To Tear Down . To Raze
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
弓
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong

Notes

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

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

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