Chinese Character 啼 Meanings and components.

Form

啼

Meaning

啼 meaning[3] in English

To Cry.

To Weep Aloud.

To Crow.

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Main Components

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

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 RYBB

How to write 啼

To write啼ti2to cry you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 帝di4emperor arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 帝 = 啼

啼 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

啼
Pinyin:ti2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cry . To Weep Aloud . To Crow . To Hoot
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
帝
Pinyin:di4 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Emperor
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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