Chinese Character 揖 Meanings and components.

Form

揖

Meaning

揖 meaning[3] in English

To Greet By Raising Clasped Hands.

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Main Components

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

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 QRSJ

How to write 揖

To write揖yi1to greet … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 咠qi4to whisper arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 咠 = 揖

揖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

揖
Pinyin:yi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Greet By Raising Clasped Hands
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
咠
Pinyin:qi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Whisper . To Blame, To Slander
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)

Notes

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

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

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