Chinese Character 旨 Meanings and components.

Form

旨

Meaning

旨 meaning[3] in English

Imperial Decree.

Purport.

Aim.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 旨 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are dagger (匕) , and abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with PA

How to write 旨

To write旨zhi3imperial decree you should write a combination of 匕bi3dagger , 日ri4abbr. for … arranged in a 吕 shape:

匕 + 日 = 旨

旨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

旨
Pinyin:zhi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Imperial Decree . Purport . Aim . Purpose
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

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

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

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