Chinese Character 希 Meanings and components.

Form

希

Meaning

希 meaning[3] in English

To Hope.

To Admire.

Variant Of 稀[Xi1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 希 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to regulate (乂) , and variant of 布[bu4] (布)

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 KKLB

How to write 希

To write希xi1to hope you should write a combination of 乂yi4to regulate , 布bu4variant of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

乂 + 布 = 希

希 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

希
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Hope . To Admire . Variant Of 稀[Xi1]
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow
布
Pinyin:bu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 布[Bu4] . To Announce . To Spread
𠂇
Pinyin:zuo3 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
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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