Chinese Character 曷 Meanings and components.

Form

曷

Meaning

曷 meaning[3] in English

Why.

How.

When.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 曷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to speak (曰) , and variant of 丐[gai4] (匃)

Its radical[1] is: 曰 (yue1) which means: To Speak, To Say, .曰yue1to speak

In cangjie it is written with APVO

How to write 曷

To write曷he2why you should write a combination of 曰yue1to speak , 匃gai4variant of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

曰 + 匃 = 曷

曷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

曷
Pinyin:he2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Why . How . When . What . Where
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
匃
Pinyin:gai4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 丐[Gai4]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
亾
Pinyin:wang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 亡[Wang2]
𠃊
Pinyin:yin3 Shape:一
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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