Chinese Character 啬 Meanings and components.

Form

啬

Meaning

啬 meaning[3] in English

Stingy.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 啬 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'lid' radical in … (亠) , (?) , and to circle (回)

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 GCWR

How to write 啬

To write啬se4stingy you should write a combination of 亠tou2'lid' radical … ?? , 回hui2to circle arranged in a 吕 shape:

亠 + ? + 回 = 啬

啬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

啬
Pinyin:se4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Stingy
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
?
Pinyin:?
回
Pinyin:hui2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Circle . To Go Back . To Turn Around . To Answer . To Return . To Revolve . Hui Ethnic Group (Chinese Muslims) . Time . Classifier For Acts Of A Play . Section Or Chapter (Of A Classic Book)
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
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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