Chinese Character 溪 Meanings and components.

Form

溪

Meaning

溪 meaning[3] in English

Creek.

Rivulet.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EBVK

How to write 溪

To write溪xi1creek you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 奚xi1surname Xi arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 奚 = 溪

溪 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

溪
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Creek . Rivulet
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]
奚
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
爪
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: Foot Of A Bird Or Animal . Paw . Claws . Talons
𡗞
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吕
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
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

Notes

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

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

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