Chinese Character 沸 Meanings and components.

Form

沸

Meaning

沸 meaning[3] in English

To Boil.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 沸 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and not (弗)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with ELLN

How to write 沸

To write沸fei4to boil you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 弗fu2not arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 弗 = 沸

沸 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

沸
Pinyin:fei4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Boil
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
弗
Pinyin:fu2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Not
弓
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

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

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

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