Chinese Character 活 Meanings and components.

Form

活

Meaning

活 meaning[3] in English

To Live.

Alive.

Living.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 活 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and tongue (舌)

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

In cangjie it is written with EHJR

How to write 活

To write活huo2to live you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 舌she2tongue arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 舌 = 活

活 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

活
Pinyin:huo2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Live . Alive . Living . Work . Workmanship
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]
舌
Pinyin:she2
Meaning[3]: Tongue
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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