Chinese Character 瘠 Meanings and components.

Form

瘠

Meaning

瘠 meaning[3] in English

Barren.

Lean.

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Main Components

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

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 KFCB

How to write 瘠

To write瘠ji2barren you should write a combination of 疒ne4sick , 脊ji2spine arranged in a 吕 shape:

疒 + 脊 = 瘠

瘠 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

瘠
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Barren . Lean
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
脊
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Spine . Back . Ridge . Taiwan Pr. [Ji2] Or [Ji3]
兆
Pinyin:zhao4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhao
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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