Chinese Character 宜 Meanings and components.

Form

宜

Meaning

宜 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yi.

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Main Components

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

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 JBM

How to write 宜

To write宜yi2surname Yi you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 且qie3and arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 且 = 宜

宜 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

宜
Pinyin:yi2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yi
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]
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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