Chinese Character 歇 Meanings and components.

Form

歇

Meaning

歇 meaning[3] in English

To Rest.

To Take A Break.

To Stop.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 歇 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are why (曷) , 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 AVNO

How to write 歇

To write歇xie1to rest you should write a combination of 曷he2why , 欠qian4deficient arranged in a 吅 shape:

曷 + 欠 = 歇

歇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

歇
Pinyin:xie1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Rest . To Take A Break . To Stop . To Halt . (Dialect) To Sleep . A Moment . A Short While
曷
Pinyin:he2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Why . How . When . What . Where
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
匃
Pinyin:gai4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 丐[Gai4]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
亾
Pinyin:wang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 亡[Wang2]
𠃊
Pinyin:yin3 Shape:一
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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