Chinese Character 械 Meanings and components.

Form

械

Meaning

械 meaning[3] in English

Appliance.

Tool.

Weapon.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 械 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and to guard against (戒)

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

In cangjie it is written with DIT

How to write 械

To write械xie4appliance you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 戒jie4to guard … arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 戒 = 械

械 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

械
Pinyin:xie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Appliance . Tool . Weapon . Shackles . Also Pr. [Jie4]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
戒
Pinyin:jie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Guard Against . To Exhort . To Admonish Or Warn . To Give Up Or Stop Doing Sth . Buddhist Monastic Discipline . Ring (For A Finger)
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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