Chinese Character 怩 Meanings and components.

Form

怩

Meaning

怩 meaning[3] in English

Shy.

Timid.

Bashful.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 怩 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Kangxi radical 61 … (忄) , and Buddhist nun (尼)

Its radical[1] is: 心 (xin1) which means: Heart, Mind, Intention, Center, Core, Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4], .心xin1heart

In cangjie it is written with PSP

How to write 怩

To write怩ni2shy you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 尼ni2Buddhist nun arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 尼 = 怩

怩 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

怩
Pinyin:ni2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Shy . Timid . Bashful . To Look Ashamed
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
尼
Pinyin:ni2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Buddhist Nun . (Often Used In Phonetic Spellings)
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

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

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

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