Chinese Character 弈 Meanings and components.

Form

弈

Meaning

弈 meaning[3] in English

Ancient Name For Go (Chinese Board Game).

View more meanings of 弈 in English

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 弈 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are also (亦) , and hands joined (廾)

Its radical[1] is: 廾 (gong3) which means: Hands Joined, .廾gong3hands joined

In cangjie it is written with YCT

How to write 弈

To write弈yi4ancient name … you should write a combination of 亦yi4also , 廾gong3hands joined arranged in a 吕 shape:

亦 + 廾 = 弈

弈 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

弈
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ancient Name For Go (Chinese Board Game)
亦
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Also
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 弈in English or Chinese