Chinese Character 咨 Meanings and components.

Form

咨

Meaning

咨 meaning[3] in English

To Consult.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 咨 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are next in sequence (次) , 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 MOR

How to write 咨

To write咨zi1to consult you should write a combination of 次ci4next in … , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

次 + 口 = 咨

咨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

咨
Pinyin:zi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Consult
次
Pinyin:ci4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Next In Sequence . Second . The Second (Day, Time Etc) . Secondary . Vice- . Sub- . Infra- . Inferior Quality . Substandard . Order . Sequence . Hypo- (Chemistry) . Classifier For Enumerated Events: Time
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn
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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