Chinese Character 嗣 Meanings and components.

Form

嗣

Meaning

嗣 meaning[3] in English

Succession (To A Title).

To Inherit.

Continuing (A Tradition).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 嗣 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , book (冊) , and surname Si (司)

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 RBSMR

How to write 嗣

To write嗣si4succession (to … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth 冊ce4book , 司si1surname Si arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 冊 + 司 = 嗣

嗣 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嗣
Pinyin:si4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Succession (To A Title) . To Inherit . Continuing (A Tradition) . Posterity
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
冊
Pinyin:ce4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Book . Booklet . Classifier For Books
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]
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined
司
Pinyin:si1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Si
𠃌
Pinyin:gun3 Shape:一
𠮛
Pinyin:𠮛5 Shape:吕
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
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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