Chinese Character 歧 Meanings and components.

Form

歧

Meaning

歧 meaning[3] in English

Divergent.

Side Road.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 歧 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to stop (止) , and surname Zhi (支)

Its radical[1] is: 止 (zhi3) which means: To Stop, To Prohibit, Until, Only, .止zhi3to stop

In cangjie it is written with YMJE

How to write 歧

To write歧qi2divergent you should write a combination of 止zhi3to stop , 支zhi1surname Zhi arranged in a 吅 shape:

止 + 支 = 歧

歧 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

歧
Pinyin:qi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Divergent . Side Road
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
支
Pinyin:zhi1
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhi
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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