Chinese Character 桂 Meanings and components.

Form

桂

Meaning

桂 meaning[3] in English

Surname Gui.

Abbr. For Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 Xi1 Zhuang4 Zu2 Zi4 Zhi4 Qu1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 桂 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and (old) jade tablet … (圭)

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

In cangjie it is written with DGG

How to write 桂

To write桂gui4surname Gui you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 圭gui1(old) jade … arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 圭 = 桂

桂 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

桂
Pinyin:gui4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Gui . Abbr. For Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 Xi1 Zhuang4 Zu2 Zi4 Zhi4 Qu1]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
圭
Pinyin:gui1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Old) Jade Tablet (A Ceremonial Badge Of Rank)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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