Chinese Character 慨 Meanings and components.

Form

慨

Meaning

慨 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 慨[Kai3].

To Sigh (With Emotion).

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Main Components

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

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 PAIU

How to write 慨

To write慨kai3old variant … you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 既ji4already arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 既 = 慨

慨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

慨
Pinyin:kai3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 慨[Kai3] . To Sigh (With Emotion)
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
既
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Already . Since . Both... (And...)
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy
旡
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Choke On Something Eaten

Notes

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

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

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