Chinese Character 席 Meanings and components.

Form

席

Meaning

席 meaning[3] in English

Surname Xi.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 席 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'house on a … (广) , and (芇)

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 ITLB

How to write 席

To write席xi2surname Xi you should write a combination of 广guang3'house on … , 芇mian2 arranged in a 吕 shape:

广 + 芇 = 席

席 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

席
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
芇
Pinyin:mian2 Shape:吕
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
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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