Chinese Character 書 Meanings and components.

Form

書

Meaning

書 meaning[3] in English

Abbr. For 書經|书经[Shu1 Jing1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 書 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (arch. introductory particle) (聿) , and to speak (曰)

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

In cangjie it is written with LGA

How to write 書

To write書shu1abbr. for … you should write a combination of 聿yu4(arch. introductory … , 曰yue1to speak arranged in a 吕 shape:

聿 + 曰 = 書

書 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

書
Pinyin:shu1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 書經|书经[Shu1 Jing1]
聿
Pinyin:yu4
Meaning[3]: (Arch. Introductory Particle) . Then . And Then
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say

Notes

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

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

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