Chinese Character 斝 Meanings and components.

Form

斝

Meaning

斝 meaning[3] in English

Small Jade Cup With Ears.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 斝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 訟|讼[song4] (吅) , and abbr. for the … (斗)

Its radical[1] is: 斗 (dou4) which means: Abbr. For The Big Dipper Constellation 北斗星[Bei3 Dou3 Xing1], .斗dou4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with RRBYJ

How to write 斝

To write斝jia3small jade … you should write a combination of 吅xuan1variant of … , 斗dou4abbr. for … arranged in a 冖 shape:

吅 + 斗 = 斝

斝 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

斝
Pinyin:jia3 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Small Jade Cup With Ears
吅
Pinyin:xuan1
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 訟|讼[Song4]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
斗
Pinyin:dou4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For The Big Dipper Constellation 北斗星[Bei3 Dou3 Xing1]

Notes

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

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

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