Chinese Character 滴 Meanings and components.

Form

滴

Meaning

滴 meaning[3] in English

A Drop.

To Drip.

View more meanings of 滴 in English

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EYCB

How to write 滴

To write滴di1a drop you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 啇di4 arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 啇 = 滴

滴 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

滴
Pinyin:di1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: A Drop . To Drip
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]
啇
Pinyin:di4 Shape:吕
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
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]
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 滴in English or Chinese