Chinese Character 唄 Meanings and components.

Form

唄

Meaning

唄 meaning[3] in English

To Chant.

See 梵唄|梵呗[Fan4 Bai4].

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Main Components

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

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 RBUC

How to write 唄

To write唄bei5to chant you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 貝bei4surname Bei arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 貝 = 唄

唄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

唄
Pinyin:bei5 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Chant . See 梵唄|梵呗[Fan4 Bai4]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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