Chinese Character 狄 Meanings and components.

Form

狄

Meaning

狄 meaning[3] in English

Surname Di.

Generic Name For Northern Ethnic Minorities During The Qin And Han Dynasties (221 Bc-220 Ad).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 狄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and surname Huo (火)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with KHF

How to write 狄

To write狄di2surname Di you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 火huo3surname Huo arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 火 = 狄

狄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

狄
Pinyin:di2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Di . Generic Name For Northern Ethnic Minorities During The Qin And Han Dynasties (221 Bc-220 Ad)
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo

Notes

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

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

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