Chinese Character 揶 Meanings and components.

Form

揶

Meaning

揶 meaning[3] in English

To Gesticulate.

To Play Antics.

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Main Components

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

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 QSJL

How to write 揶

To write揶ye2to gesticulate you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 耶ye2(phonetic ye) arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 耶 = 揶

揶 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

揶
Pinyin:ye2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Gesticulate . To Play Antics
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
耶
Pinyin:ye2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Phonetic Ye)
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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