Chinese Character 欬 Meanings and components.

Form

欬

Meaning

欬 meaning[3] in English

To Cough.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 欬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 12th earthly branch: … (亥) , and deficient (欠)

Its radical[1] is: 欠 (qian4) which means: Deficient, To Owe, To Lack, Yawn, .欠qian4deficient

In cangjie it is written with YONO

How to write 欬

To write欬kai4to cough you should write a combination of 亥hai412th earthly … , 欠qian4deficient arranged in a 吅 shape:

亥 + 欠 = 欬

欬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

欬
Pinyin:kai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cough
亥
Pinyin:hai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 12th Earthly Branch: 9-11 P.M., 10th Solar Month (7th November-6th December), Year Of The Boar . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 330°
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
?
Pinyin:?
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

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

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

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