Chinese Character 喺 Meanings and components.

Form

喺

Meaning

喺 meaning[3] in English

To Be At, In Or On (Cantonese).

Mandarin Equivalent: 在[Zai4].

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Main Components

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

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 ROHF

How to write 喺

To write喺xi2to be … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 係xi4to connect arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 係 = 喺

喺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

喺
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Be At, In Or On (Cantonese) . Mandarin Equivalent: 在[Zai4]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
係
Pinyin:xi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Connect . To Relate To . To Tie Up . To Bind . To Be (Literary)
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
系
Pinyin:xi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Connect . To Relate To . To Tie Up . To Bind . To Be (Literary)
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
糸
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: Fine Silk . Kangxi Radical 120
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

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

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

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