Chinese Character 淒 Meanings and components.

Form

淒

Meaning

淒 meaning[3] in English

Intense Cold.

Frigid.

Dismal.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EJLV

How to write 淒

To write淒qi1intense cold you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 妻qi1wife arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 妻 = 淒

淒 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

淒
Pinyin:qi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Intense Cold . Frigid . Dismal . Grim . Bleak . Sad . Mournful
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]
妻
Pinyin:qi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Wife
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
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

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

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

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