Chinese Character 戒 Meanings and components.

Form

戒

Meaning

戒 meaning[3] in English

To Guard Against.

To Exhort.

To Admonish Or Warn.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 戒 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are hands joined (廾) , and surname Ge (戈)

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

In cangjie it is written with IT

How to write 戒

To write戒jie4to guard … you should write a combination of 廾gong3hands joined , 戈ge1surname Ge arranged in a 吅 shape:

廾 + 戈 = 戒

戒 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

戒
Pinyin:jie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Guard Against . To Exhort . To Admonish Or Warn . To Give Up Or Stop Doing Sth . Buddhist Monastic Discipline . Ring (For A Finger)
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined
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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