Chinese Character 啟 Meanings and components.

Form

啟

Meaning

啟 meaning[3] in English

Qi Son Of Yu The Great 禹[Yu3], Reported Founder Of The Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (C. 2070-C. 1600 Bc).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 啟 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 啟|启[qi3] (启) , and (攵)

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 HROK

How to write 啟

To write啟qi3Qi son … you should write a combination of 启qi3variant of … , 攵pu1 arranged in a 吅 shape:

启 + 攵 = 啟

啟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

啟
Pinyin:qi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Qi Son Of Yu The Great 禹[Yu3], Reported Founder Of The Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (C. 2070-C. 1600 Bc)
启
Pinyin:qi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 啟|启[Qi3]
户
Pinyin:hu4
Meaning[3]: A Household . Door . Family
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
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
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
攵
Pinyin:pu1

Notes

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

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

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