Chinese Character 殄 Meanings and components.

Form

殄

Meaning

殄 meaning[3] in English

To Exterminate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 殄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bad (歹) , and (㐱)

Its radical[1] is: 歹 (dai3) which means: Bad, Wicked, Evil, Kangxi Radical 78, .歹dai3bad

In cangjie it is written with MNOHH

How to write 殄

To write殄tian3to exterminate you should write a combination of 歹dai3bad , 㐱zhen3 arranged in a 吅 shape:

歹 + 㐱 = 殄

殄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

殄
Pinyin:tian3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Exterminate
歹
Pinyin:dai3
Meaning[3]: Bad . Wicked . Evil . Kangxi Radical 78
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
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
㐱
Pinyin:zhen3 Shape:吕
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)

Notes

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

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

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