Chinese Character 姪 Meanings and components.

Form

姪

Meaning

姪 meaning[3] in English

Nephew By The Male Line.

View more meanings of 姪 in English

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMIG

How to write 姪

To write姪zhi2nephew by … you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 至zhi4to arrive arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 至 = 姪

姪 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

姪
Pinyin:zhi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Nephew By The Male Line
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
至
Pinyin:zhi4
Meaning[3]: To Arrive . Most . To . Until
𠫔
Pinyin:𠫔5 Shape:吕
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 姪in English or Chinese