Chinese Character 滯 Meanings and components.

Form

滯

Meaning

滯 meaning[3] in English

Sluggish.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EKPB

How to write 滯

To write滯zhi4sluggish you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 帶dai4band arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 帶 = 滯

滯 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

滯
Pinyin:zhi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sluggish
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]
帶
Pinyin:dai4 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Band . Belt . Girdle . Ribbon . Tire . Area . Zone . Region . Cl:條|条[Tiao2] . To Wear . To Carry . To Take Along . To Bear (I.E. To Have) . To Lead . To Bring . To Look After . To Raise
卌
Pinyin:xi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Forty
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 滯in English or Chinese