Chinese Character 夷 Meanings and components.

Form

夷

Meaning

夷 meaning[3] in English

Non-Han People, Esp. To The East Of China.

Barbarians.

To Wipe Out.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 夷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are big (大) , and surname Gong (弓)

Its radical[1] is: 大 (da4) which means: Big, Huge, Large, Major, Great, Wide, Deep, Older (Than), Oldest, Eldest, Greatly, Very Much, (Dialect) Father, Father's Elder Or Younger Brother, .大da4big

In cangjie it is written with KN

How to write 夷

To write夷yi2non-Han people, … you should write a combination of 大da4big , 弓gong1surname Gong arranged in a + shape:

大 + 弓 = 夷

夷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

夷
Pinyin:yi2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Non-Han People, Esp. To The East Of China . Barbarians . To Wipe Out . To Exterminate . To Tear Down . To Raze
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
弓
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong

Notes

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

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

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