Chinese Character 寂 Meanings and components.

Form

寂

Meaning

寂 meaning[3] in English

Silent.

Solitary.

Taiwan Pr. [Ji2].

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Main Components

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

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 JYFE

How to write 寂

To write寂ji4silent you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 叔shu1uncle arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 叔 = 寂

寂 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

寂
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Silent . Solitary . Taiwan Pr. [Ji2]
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]
叔
Pinyin:shu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Uncle . Father'S Younger Brother . Husband'S Younger Brother . Taiwan Pr. [Shu2]
尗
Pinyin:shu1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 菽[Shu1] . Archaic Variant Of 叔[Shu1]
上
Pinyin:shang4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: See 上聲|上声[Shang3 Sheng1]
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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