Chinese Character 嘀 Meanings and components.

Form

嘀

Meaning

嘀 meaning[3] in English

(Onom.) Sound Of Dripping Water, A Ticking Clock Etc.

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Main Components

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

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 RYCB

How to write 嘀

To write嘀di2(onom.) sound … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 啇di4 arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 啇 = 嘀

嘀 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嘀
Pinyin:di2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Onom.) Sound Of Dripping Water, A Ticking Clock Etc
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
啇
Pinyin:di4 Shape:吕
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
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]
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
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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