Chinese Character 形 Meanings and components.

Form

形

Meaning

形 meaning[3] in English

To Appear.

To Look.

Form.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 形 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to open (开) , and 'bristle' radical in … (彡)

Its radical[1] is: 彡 (shan1) which means: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59), .彡shan1'bristle' radical …

In cangjie it is written with MTHHH

How to write 形

To write形xing2to appear you should write a combination of 开kai1to open , 彡shan1'bristle' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

开 + 彡 = 形

形 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

形
Pinyin:xing2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Appear . To Look . Form . Shape
开
Pinyin:kai1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Open . To Start . To Turn On . To Boil . To Write Out (A Prescription, Check, Invoice Etc) . To Operate (A Vehicle) . Carat (Gold) . Abbr. For Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 Er3 Wen2] . Abbr. For 開本|开本[Kai1 Ben3], Book Format
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
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)

Notes

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

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

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