Chinese Character 嘅 Meanings and components.

Form

嘅

Meaning

嘅 meaning[3] in English

Possessive Particle (Cantonese).

Mandarin Equivalent: 的[De5].

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Main Components

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

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 RAIU

How to write 嘅

To write嘅kai3possessive particle … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 既ji4already arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 既 = 嘅

嘅 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嘅
Pinyin:kai3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Possessive Particle (Cantonese) . Mandarin Equivalent: 的[De5]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
既
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Already . Since . Both... (And...)
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy
旡
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Choke On Something Eaten

Notes

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

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

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