Chinese Character 嘶 Meanings and components.

Form

嘶

Meaning

嘶 meaning[3] in English

Hiss.

Neigh.

Ss! (Sound Of Air Sucked Between The Teeth, Indicating Hesitation Or Thinking Over).

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Main Components

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

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 RTCL

How to write 嘶

To write嘶si1hiss you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 斯si1Slovakia arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 斯 = 嘶

嘶 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嘶
Pinyin:si1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Hiss . Neigh . Ss! (Sound Of Air Sucked Between The Teeth, Indicating Hesitation Or Thinking Over)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
斯
Pinyin:si1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Slovakia . Slovak . Abbr. For 斯洛伐克[Si1 Luo4 Fa2 Ke4]
其
Pinyin:qi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: His . Her . Its . Their . That . Such . It (Refers To Sth Preceding It)
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G

Notes

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

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

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