Chinese Character 滋 Meanings and components.

Form

滋

Meaning

滋 meaning[3] in English

To Grow.

To Nourish.

To Increase.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with ETVI

How to write 滋

To write滋zi1to grow you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 兹zi1now arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 兹 = 滋

滋 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

滋
Pinyin:zi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Grow . To Nourish . To Increase . To Cause . Juice . Taste . (Dialect) To Spout . To Spurt
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]
兹
Pinyin:zi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Now . Here . This . Time . Year
䒑
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
𢆶
Pinyin:you1 Shape:吅
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao

Notes

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

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

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