Chinese Character 溉 Meanings and components.

Form

溉

Meaning

溉 meaning[3] in English

To Irrigate.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EAIU

How to write 溉

To write溉gai4to irrigate you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 既ji4already arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 既 = 溉

溉 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

溉
Pinyin:gai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Irrigate
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]
既
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Already . Since . Both... (And...)
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy
旡
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Choke On Something Eaten

Notes

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

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

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