Chinese Character 害 Meanings and components.

Form

害

Meaning

害 meaning[3] in English

To Do Harm To.

To Cause Trouble To.

Harm.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 害 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , (丯) , and mouth (口)

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 JQMR

How to write 害

To write害hai4to do … you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 丯jie4 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 丯 + 口 = 害

害 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

害
Pinyin:hai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Do Harm To . To Cause Trouble To . Harm . Evil . Calamity
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]
丯
Pinyin:jie4 Shape:+
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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