Chinese Character 城 Meanings and components.

Form

城

Meaning

城 meaning[3] in English

City Walls.

City.

Town.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 城 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and surname Cheng (成)

Its radical[1] is: 土 (tu3) which means: Tu (Ethnic Group), Surname Tu, .土tu3Tu (ethnic …

In cangjie it is written with GIHS

How to write 城

To write城cheng2city walls you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 成cheng2surname Cheng arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 成 = 城

城 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

城
Pinyin:cheng2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: City Walls . City . Town . Cl:座[Zuo4],道[Dao4],個|个[Ge4]
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
成
Pinyin:cheng2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Cheng
戊
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fifth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Fifth In Order . Letter 'E' Or Roman 'V' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Penta
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
丁
Pinyin:ding1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ding
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
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 城in English or Chinese