Chinese Character 碑 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

碑 meaning^[3] in English

A Monument.

An Upright Stone Tablet.

Stele.

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with MRHWJ

How to write 碑

To write碑bei1a monument you should write a combination of 石shi2surname Shi , 卑bei1low arranged in a 吅 shape:

石 + 卑 = 碑

碑 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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