Chinese Character 橘 Meanings and components.

Form

橘

Meaning

橘 meaning[3] in English

Mandarin Orange (Citrus Reticulata).

Tangerine.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with DNHB

How to write 橘

To write橘ju2mandarin orange … you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 矞yu4grand arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 矞 = 橘

橘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

橘
Pinyin:ju2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mandarin Orange (Citrus Reticulata) . Tangerine
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
矞
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Grand . Elegant . Propitious
矛
Pinyin:mao2
Meaning[3]: Spear . Lance . Pike
冏
Pinyin:jiong3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Velvetleaf (Abutilon Avicennae), Plant Of The Jute Family . Bright
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
㕣
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:吕
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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