Chinese Character 昔 Meanings and components.

Form

昔

Meaning

昔 meaning[3] in English

Surname Xi.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 昔 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (龷) , 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 TA

How to write 昔

To write昔xi1surname Xi you should write a combination of 龷龷5 , 日ri4abbr. for … arranged in a 吕 shape:

龷 + 日 = 昔

昔 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

昔
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
龷
Pinyin:龷5
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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