Chinese Character 币 Meanings and components.

Form

币

Meaning

币 meaning[3] in English

Money.

Coins.

Currency.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 币 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are radical in Chinese … (丿) , and towel (巾)

Its radical[1] is: 巾 (jin1) which means: Towel, General Purpose Cloth, Women's Headcovering (Old), Kangxi Radical 50, .巾jin1towel

In cangjie it is written with HLB

How to write 币

To write币bi4money you should write a combination of 丿pie3radical in … , 巾jin1towel arranged in a 吕 shape:

丿 + 巾 = 币

币 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

币
Pinyin:bi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Money . Coins . Currency . Silk
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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