Chinese Character 宅 Meanings and components.

Form

宅

Meaning

宅 meaning[3] in English

Residence.

(Coll.) To Stay In At Home.

To Hang Around At Home.

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Main Components

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

Its radical[1] is: 宀 (mian2) which means: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc, See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4], .宀mian2'roof' radical …

In cangjie it is written with JHP

How to write 宅

To write宅zhai2residence you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 乇tuo1archaic variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 乇 = 宅

宅 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

宅
Pinyin:zhai2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Residence . (Coll.) To Stay In At Home . To Hang Around At Home
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]
乇
Pinyin:tuo1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 托[Tuo1]
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
七
Pinyin:qi1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Seven . 7

Notes

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

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

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