Chinese Character 哀 Meanings and components.

Form

哀

Meaning

哀 meaning[3] in English

Ai (C. 2000 Bc), Sixth Of Legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 Di4] Descended From Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 Nong2] Farmer God, Also Known As Li 釐|厘[Li2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 哀 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are clothes (衣) , 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 YRHV

How to write 哀

To write哀ai1Ai (c. … you should write a combination of 衣yi1clothes , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 回 shape:

衣 + 口 = 哀

哀 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

哀
Pinyin:ai1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Ai (C. 2000 Bc), Sixth Of Legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 Di4] Descended From Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 Nong2] Farmer God, Also Known As Li 釐|厘[Li2]
衣
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: Clothes . Cl:件[Jian4] . Kangxi Radical 145
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
𧘇
Pinyin:𧘇5 Shape:一
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
𠄌
Pinyin:jue2
乀
Pinyin:fu2
Meaning[3]: Stretch
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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