Chinese Character 爺 Meanings and components.

Form

爺

Meaning

爺 meaning[3] in English

Grandpa.

Old Gentleman.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 爺 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are father (父) , and (phonetic ye) (耶)

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

In cangjie it is written with CKSJL

How to write 爺

To write爺ye2grandpa you should write a combination of 父fu4father , 耶ye2(phonetic ye) arranged in a 吕 shape:

父 + 耶 = 爺

爺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

爺
Pinyin:ye2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Grandpa . Old Gentleman
父
Pinyin:fu4
Meaning[3]: Father
耶
Pinyin:ye2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Phonetic Ye)
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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