Chinese Character 居 Meanings and components.

Form

居

Meaning

居 meaning[3] in English

Surname Ju.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 居 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are person representing the … (尸) , and surname Gu (古)

Its radical[1] is: 尸 (shi1) which means: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies), To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution), Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1], Corpse, .尸shi1person representing …

In cangjie it is written with SJR

How to write 居

To write居ju1surname Ju you should write a combination of 尸shi1person representing … , 古gu3surname Gu arranged in a 吕 shape:

尸 + 古 = 居

居 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

居
Pinyin:ju1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ju
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
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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