Chinese Character 櫛 Meanings and components.

Form

櫛

Meaning

櫛 meaning[3] in English

Comb.

To Comb.

To Weed Out.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 櫛 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 … (節)

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

In cangjie it is written with DHAL

How to write 櫛

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

木 + 節 = 櫛

櫛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

櫛
Pinyin:zhi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Comb . To Comb . To Weed Out . To Eliminate . Taiwan Pr. [Jie2]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
節
Pinyin:jie2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: See 節骨眼|节骨眼[Jie1 Gu5 Yan3]
竹
Pinyin:zhu2
Meaning[3]: Bamboo . Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1] . Kangxi Radical 118
亇
Pinyin:ma5 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 個|个[Ge4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
*
Pinyin:*
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]
即
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Namely . That Is . I.E. . Prompt . At Once . At Present . Even If . Prompted (By The Occasion) . To Approach . To Come Into Contact . To Assume (Office) . To Draw Near
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy
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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