Chinese Character 恻 Meanings and components.

Form

恻

Meaning

恻 meaning[3] in English

Sorrowful.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 恻 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Kangxi radical 61 … (忄) , and (conjunction used to … (则)

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 PBON

How to write 恻

To write恻ce4sorrowful you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 则ze2(conjunction used … arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 则 = 恻

恻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

恻
Pinyin:ce4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sorrowful
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
则
Pinyin:ze2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Conjunction Used To Express Contrast With A Previous Clause) But . Then . Standard . Norm . Principle . To Imitate . To Follow . Classifier For Written Items
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

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

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

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