Chinese Character 惻 Meanings and components.

Form

惻

Meaning

惻 meaning[3] in English

Sorrowful.

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Main Components

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

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 PBCN

How to write 惻

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

忄 + 則 = 惻

惻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

惻
Pinyin:ce4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sorrowful
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
則
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
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
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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