Chinese Character 敬 Meanings and components.

Form

敬

Meaning

敬 meaning[3] in English

To Respect.

To Venerate.

To Salute.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 敬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Gou (苟) , and (攵)

Its radical[1] is: 攵 (pu1)

In cangjie it is written with TROK

How to write 敬

To write敬jing4to respect you should write a combination of 苟gou3surname Gou , 攵pu1 arranged in a 吅 shape:

苟 + 攵 = 敬

敬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

敬
Pinyin:jing4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Respect . To Venerate . To Salute . To Offer
苟
Pinyin:gou3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Gou
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
句
Pinyin:ju4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 勾[Gou1]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
攵
Pinyin:pu1

Notes

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

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

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