Chinese Character 截 Meanings and components.

Form

截

Meaning

截 meaning[3] in English

To Cut Off (A Length).

To Stop.

To Intercept.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 截 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are short-tailed bird (隹) , and (𢦏)

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

In cangjie it is written with JIOG

How to write 截

To write截jie2to cut … you should write a combination of 隹zhui1short-tailed bird , 𢦏zai1 arranged in a 吅 shape:

隹 + 𢦏 = 截

截 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

截
Pinyin:jie2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cut Off (A Length) . To Stop . To Intercept . Section . Chunk . Length
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird
𢦏
Pinyin:zai1 Shape:+
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]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

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

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

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