Chinese Character 戊 Meanings and components.

Form

戊

Meaning

戊 meaning[3] in English

Fifth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1].

Fifth In Order.

Letter 'E' Or Roman 'V' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 戊 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are radical in Chinese … (丿) , and surname Ge (戈)

Its radical[1] is: 戈 (ge1) which means: Surname Ge, .戈ge1surname Ge

In cangjie it is written with IH

How to write 戊

To write戊wu4fifth of … you should write a combination of 丿pie3radical in … , 戈ge1surname Ge arranged in a + shape:

丿 + 戈 = 戊

戊 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

戊
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fifth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Fifth In Order . Letter 'E' Or Roman 'V' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Penta
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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