Chinese Character 替 Meanings and components.

Form

替

Meaning

替 meaning[3] in English

To Substitute For.

To Take The Place Of.

To Replace.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 替 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are husband (夫) , 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 QOA

How to write 替

To write替ti4to substitute … you should write a combination of 夫fu1husband , 曰yue1to speak arranged in a 咒 shape:

夫 + 曰 = 替

替 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

替
Pinyin:ti4 Shape:咒
Meaning[3]: To Substitute For . To Take The Place Of . To Replace . For . On Behalf Of . To Stand In For
夫
Pinyin:fu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Husband . Man . Manual Worker . Conscripted Laborer (Old)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
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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