Chinese Character 李 Meanings and components.

Form

李

Meaning

李 meaning[3] in English

Surname Li.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 李 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and son (子)

Its radical[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木mu4surname Mu

In cangjie it is written with DND

How to write 李

To write李li3surname Li you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 子zi5son arranged in a 吕 shape:

木 + 子 = 李

李 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

李
Pinyin:li3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)

Notes

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

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

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