Chinese Character 碉 Meanings and components.

Form

碉

Meaning

碉 meaning[3] in English

Rock Cave (Archaic).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 碉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shi (石) , and surname Zhou (周)

Its radical[1] is: 石 (shi2) which means: Surname Shi, .石shi2surname Shi

In cangjie it is written with MRBGR

How to write 碉

To write碉diao1rock cave … you should write a combination of 石shi2surname Shi , 周zhou1surname Zhou arranged in a 吅 shape:

石 + 周 = 碉

碉 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

碉
Pinyin:diao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Rock Cave (Archaic)
石
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
周
Pinyin:zhou1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhou . Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 Bc)
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
吉
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji . Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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