Chinese Character 睇 Meanings and components.

Form

睇

Meaning

睇 meaning[3] in English

To Look Down Upon (Classical).

To See.

To Look At (Cantonese).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 睇 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are eye (目) , and younger brother (弟)

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 BUCNH

How to write 睇

To write睇di4to look … you should write a combination of 目mu4eye , 弟di4younger brother arranged in a 吅 shape:

目 + 弟 = 睇

睇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

睇
Pinyin:di4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Look Down Upon (Classical) . To See . To Look At (Cantonese) . Mandarin Equivalent: 看[Kan4]
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
弟
Pinyin:di4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Younger Brother . Junior Male . I (Modest Word In Letter)
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
𢎨
Pinyin:𢎨5 Shape:+
弔
Pinyin:diao4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: A String Of 100 Cash (Arch.) . To Lament . To Condole With . Variant Of 吊[Diao4]
弓
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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