Chinese Character 歠 Meanings and components.

Form

歠

Meaning

歠 meaning[3] in English

(Literary) To Drink.

To Sip.

Gruel.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 歠 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are to join together (叕) , 10th earthly branch: … (酉) , 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 EWNO

How to write 歠

To write歠chuo4(literary) to … you should write a combination of 叕zhuo2to join … 酉you310th earthly … , 欠qian4deficient arranged in a 吅 shape:

叕 + 酉 + 欠 = 歠

歠 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

歠
Pinyin:chuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Literary) To Drink . To Sip . Gruel . Soup
叕
Pinyin:zhuo2 Shape:叕
Meaning[3]: To Join Together . To Lack . Narrow And Shallow
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
酉
Pinyin:you3
Meaning[3]: 10th Earthly Branch: 5-7 P.M., 8th Solar Month (8th September-7th October), Year Of The Rooster . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 270° (West)
西
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: The West . Abbr. For Spain 西班牙[Xi1 Ban1 Ya2] . Spanish
兀
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
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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