Chinese Character 契 Meanings and components.

Form

契

Meaning

契 meaning[3] in English

To Carve.

Carved Words.

To Agree.

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Main Components

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

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 QHK

How to write 契

To write契qi4to carve you should write a combination of 㓞qia4 , 大da4big arranged in a 吕 shape:

㓞 + 大 = 契

契 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

契
Pinyin:qi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Carve . Carved Words . To Agree . A Contract . A Deed
㓞
Pinyin:qia4 Shape:吅
丰
Pinyin:feng1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Luxuriant . Buxom . Variant Of 豐|丰[Feng1] . Variant Of 風|风[Feng1] . Appearance . Charm
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
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

Notes

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

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

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