Chinese Character 字 Meanings and components.

Form

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Meaning

字 meaning^[3] in English

Letter.

Symbol.

Character.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 字 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , and son (子)

Its radical^[1] is: 子 (zi5) which means: Son, Child, Seed, Egg, Small Thing, 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat, Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4], Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North), .子zi5son

In cangjie it is written with JND

How to write 字

To write字zi4letter you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 子zi5son arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 子 = 字

字 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

字

Pinyin:zi4 Shape:吕

Meaning^[3]: Letter . Symbol . Character . Word . Cl:個|个[Ge4] . Courtesy Or Style Name Traditionally Given To Males Aged 20 In Dynastic China

宀

Pinyin:mian2

Meaning^[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]

子

Pinyin:zi5

Meaning^[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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