Chinese Character 得 Meanings and components.

Form

得

Meaning

得 meaning[3] in English

To Obtain.

To Get.

To Gain.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 得 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and variant of 礙|碍[ai4] (㝵)

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 HOAMI

How to write 得

To write得de2to obtain you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 㝵de2variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

彳 + 㝵 = 得

得 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

得
Pinyin:de2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Obtain . To Get . To Gain . To Catch (A Disease) . Proper . Suitable . Proud . Contented . To Allow . To Permit . Ready . Finished
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
㝵
Pinyin:de2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 礙|碍[Ai4]
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
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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