Chinese Character 惊 Meanings and components.

Form

惊

Meaning

惊 meaning[3] in English

To Startle.

To Be Frightened.

To Be Scared.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 惊 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Kangxi radical 61 … (忄) , and abbr. for Beijing (京)

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 PYRF

How to write 惊

To write惊jing1to startle you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 京jing1abbr. for … arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 京 = 惊

惊 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

惊
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Startle . To Be Frightened . To Be Scared . Alarm
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
京
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Beijing . Surname Jing . Jing Ethnic Minority
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

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

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

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