Chinese Character 歷 Meanings and components.

Form

歷

Meaning

歷 meaning[3] in English

To Experience.

To Undergo.

To Pass Through.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 歷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are old variant of … (厤) , and to stop (止)

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

In cangjie it is written with MHDM

How to write 歷

To write歷li4to experience you should write a combination of 厤li4old variant … , 止zhi3to stop arranged in a 吕 shape:

厤 + 止 = 歷

歷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

歷
Pinyin:li4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Experience . To Undergo . To Pass Through . All . Each . Every . History
厤
Pinyin:li4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 曆|历[Li4] . Old Variant Of 歷|历[Li4]
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
秝
Pinyin:li4 Shape:吅
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only

Notes

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

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

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