Chinese Character 爷 Meanings and components.

Form

爷

Meaning

爷 meaning[3] in English

Grandpa.

Old Gentleman.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 爷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are father (父) , and 'seal' radical in … (卩)

Its radical[1] is: 父 (fu4) which means: Father, .父fu4father

In cangjie it is written with CKSL

How to write 爷

To write爷ye2grandpa you should write a combination of 父fu4father , 卩jie2'seal' radical … arranged in a 吕 shape:

父 + 卩 = 爷

爷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

爷
Pinyin:ye2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Grandpa . Old Gentleman
父
Pinyin:fu4
Meaning[3]: Father
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

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

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

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