Chinese Character 晷 Meanings and components.

Form

晷

Meaning

晷 meaning[3] in English

Sundial.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with AHYR

How to write 晷

To write晷gui3sundial you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 咎jiu4fault arranged in a 吕 shape:

日 + 咎 = 晷

晷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

晷
Pinyin:gui3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Sundial
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
咎
Pinyin:jiu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Fault . To Blame . To Punish . Calamity . Misfortune
处
Pinyin:chu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Reside . To Live . To Dwell . To Be In . To Be Situated At . To Stay . To Get Along With . To Be In A Position Of . To Deal With . To Discipline . To Punish
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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