Chinese Character 疚 Meanings and components.

Form

疚

Meaning

疚 meaning[3] in English

Chronic Disease.

Guilt.

Remorse.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 疚 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are sick (疒) , and (long) time (久)

Its radical[1] is: 疒 (ne4) which means: Sick, Sickness, Kang Xi Radical 104, Also Pr. [Chuang2], .疒ne4sick

In cangjie it is written with KNO

How to write 疚

To write疚jiu4chronic disease you should write a combination of 疒ne4sick , 久jiu3(long) time arranged in a 吕 shape:

疒 + 久 = 疚

疚 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

疚
Pinyin:jiu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Chronic Disease . Guilt . Remorse
疒
Pinyin:ne4
Meaning[3]: Sick . Sickness . Kang Xi Radical 104 . Also Pr. [Chuang2]
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
久
Pinyin:jiu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: (Long) Time . (Long) Duration Of Time

Notes

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

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

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