Chinese Character 待 Meanings and components.

Form

待

Meaning

待 meaning[3] in English

To Stay.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 待 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and Buddhist temple (寺)

Its radical[1] is: 彳 (chi4) which means: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60), See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4], .彳chi4step with …

In cangjie it is written with HOGDI

How to write 待

To write待dai4to stay you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 寺si4Buddhist temple arranged in a 吅 shape:

彳 + 寺 = 待

待 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

待
Pinyin:dai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Stay
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
寺
Pinyin:si4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Buddhist Temple . Mosque . Government Office (Old)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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