Chinese Character 栉 Meanings and components.

Form

栉

Meaning

栉 meaning[3] in English

Comb.

To Comb.

To Weed Out.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 栉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 … (节)

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

In cangjie it is written with DTSL

How to write 栉

To write栉zhi4comb you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 节jie2see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 … arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 节 = 栉

栉 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

栉
Pinyin:zhi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Comb . To Comb . To Weed Out . To Eliminate . Taiwan Pr. [Jie2]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
节
Pinyin:jie2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: See 節骨眼|节骨眼[Jie1 Gu5 Yan3]
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

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

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

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