Chinese Character 季 Meanings and components.

Form

季

Meaning

季 meaning[3] in English

Surname Ji.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 季 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cereal (禾) , 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 HDND

How to write 季

To write季ji4surname Ji you should write a combination of 禾he2cereal , 子zi5son arranged in a 吕 shape:

禾 + 子 = 季

季 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

季
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
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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