Chinese Character 海 Meanings and components.

Form

海

Meaning

海 meaning[3] in English

Surname Hai.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EOWY

How to write 海

To write海hai3surname Hai you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 每mei3each arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 每 = 海

海 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

海
Pinyin:hai3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Hai
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]
每
Pinyin:mei3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Each . Every
𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
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
母
Pinyin:mu3
Meaning[3]: Mother . Elderly Female Relative . Origin . Source . (Of Animals) Female

Notes

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

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

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