Chinese Character 牺 Meanings and components.

Form

牺

Meaning

牺 meaning[3] in English

Sacrifice.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 牺 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (牜) , and the West (西)

Its radical[1] is: 牛 (niu2) which means: Surname Niu, .牛niu2surname Niu

In cangjie it is written with HQMCW

How to write 牺

To write牺xi1sacrifice you should write a combination of 牜niu2 , 西xi1the West arranged in a 吅 shape:

牜 + 西 = 牺

牺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

牺
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sacrifice
牜
Pinyin:niu2
西
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: The West . Abbr. For Spain 西班牙[Xi1 Ban1 Ya2] . Spanish
兀
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
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

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