Chinese Character 戾 Meanings and components.

Form

戾

Meaning

戾 meaning[3] in English

To Bend.

To Violate.

To Go Against.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 戾 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are a household (戶) , and dog (犬)

Its radical[1] is: 戶 (hu4) which means: A Household, Door, Family, .戶hu4a household

In cangjie it is written with ISIK

How to write 戾

To write戾li4to bend you should write a combination of 戶hu4a household , 犬quan3dog arranged in a 吕 shape:

戶 + 犬 = 戾

戾 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

戾
Pinyin:li4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Bend . To Violate . To Go Against . Ruthless And Tyrannical
戶
Pinyin:hu4
Meaning[3]: A Household . Door . Family
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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