Chinese Character 淚 Meanings and components.

Form

淚

Meaning

淚 meaning[3] in English

Tears.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EHSK

How to write 淚

To write淚lei4tears you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 戾li4to bend arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 戾 = 淚

淚 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

淚
Pinyin:lei4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Tears
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]
戾
Pinyin:li4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Bend . To Violate . To Go Against . Ruthless And Tyrannical
戶
Pinyin:hu4
Meaning[3]: A Household . Door . Family
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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