Chinese Character 寥 Meanings and components.

Form

寥

Meaning

寥 meaning[3] in English

Empty.

Lonesome.

Very Few.

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Main Components

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

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 JSMH

How to write 寥

To write寥liao2empty you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 翏liu4the sound … arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 翏 = 寥

寥 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

寥
Pinyin:liao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Empty . Lonesome . Very Few
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]
翏
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: The Sound Of The Wind . To Soar
羽
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Feather . 5th Note In Pentatonic Scale
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
㐱
Pinyin:zhen3 Shape:吕
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)

Notes

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

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

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