Chinese Character 相 Meanings and components.

Form

相

Meaning

相 meaning[3] in English

Surname Xiang.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 相 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and eye (目)

Its radical[1] is: 目 (mu4) which means: Eye, Item, Section, List, Catalogue, Table Of Contents, Order (Taxonomy), Goal, Name, Title, .目mu4eye

In cangjie it is written with DBU

How to write 相

To write相xiang1surname Xiang you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 目mu4eye arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 目 = 相

相 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

相
Pinyin:xiang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiang
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title

Notes

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

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

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