Chinese Character 妾 Meanings and components.

Form

妾

Meaning

妾 meaning[3] in English

Concubine.

I, Your Servant (Deprecatory Self-Reference For Women).

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with YTV

How to write 妾

To write妾qie4concubine you should write a combination of 立li4surname Li , 女nv3female arranged in a 吕 shape:

立 + 女 = 妾

妾 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

妾
Pinyin:qie4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Concubine . I, Your Servant (Deprecatory Self-Reference For Women)
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

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

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

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