Chinese Character 拮 Meanings and components.

Form

拮

Meaning

拮 meaning[3] in English

Antagonistic.

Laboring Hard.

Pressed.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 拮 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Ji (吉)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QGR

How to write 拮

To write拮jie2antagonistic you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 吉ji2surname Ji arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 吉 = 拮

拮 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

拮
Pinyin:jie2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Antagonistic . Laboring Hard . Pressed
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
吉
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji . Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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