Chinese Character 市 Meanings and components.

Form

市

Meaning

市 meaning[3] in English

Market.

City.

Cl:個|个[Ge4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 市 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'lid' radical in … (亠) , 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 YLB

How to write 市

To write市shi4market you should write a combination of 亠tou2'lid' radical … , 巾jin1towel arranged in a 吕 shape:

亠 + 巾 = 市

市 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

市
Pinyin:shi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Market . City . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
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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