Chinese Character 姐 Meanings and components.

Form

姐

Meaning

姐 meaning[3] in English

Older Sister.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VBM

How to write 姐

To write姐jie3older sister you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 且qie3and arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 且 = 姐

姐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

姐
Pinyin:jie3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Older Sister
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
且
Pinyin:qie3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: And . Moreover . Yet . For The Time Being . To Be About To . Both (... And...)

Notes

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

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

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