Chinese Character 戟 Meanings and components.

Form

戟

Meaning

戟 meaning[3] in English

Halberd.

Long-Handled Weapon With Pointed Tip And Crescent Blade.

Combined Spear And Battle-Ax.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with JJI

How to write 戟

To write戟ji3halberd you should write a combination of 𠦝𠦝5 , 戈ge1surname Ge arranged in a 吅 shape:

𠦝 + 戈 = 戟

戟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

戟
Pinyin:ji3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Halberd . Long-Handled Weapon With Pointed Tip And Crescent Blade . Combined Spear And Battle-Ax
𠦝
Pinyin:𠦝5 Shape:*
卓
Pinyin:zhuo2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhuo
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
早
Pinyin:zao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Early . Morning . Good Morning! . Long Ago . Prematurely
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
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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