Chinese Character 德 Meanings and components.

Form

德

Meaning

德 meaning[3] in English

Germany.

German.

Abbr. For 德國|德国[De2 Guo2].

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Main Components

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

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 HOJWP

How to write 德

To write德de2Germany you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 𢛳𢛳5 arranged in a 吅 shape:

彳 + 𢛳 = 德

德 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

德
Pinyin:de2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Germany . German . Abbr. For 德國|德国[De2 Guo2]
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
𢛳
Pinyin:𢛳5

Notes

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

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

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