Chinese Character 妓 Meanings and components.

Form

妓

Meaning

妓 meaning[3] in English

Prostitute.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 妓 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and surname Zhi (支)

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VJE

How to write 妓

To write妓ji4prostitute you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 支zhi1surname Zhi arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 支 = 妓

妓 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

妓
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Prostitute
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
支
Pinyin:zhi1
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhi
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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