Chinese Character 磔 Meanings and components.

Form

磔

Meaning

磔 meaning[3] in English

Tearing Off Limbs As Punishment.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 磔 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shi (石) , and (emperor of Xia … (桀)

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

In cangjie it is written with MRNQD

How to write 磔

To write磔zhe2tearing off … you should write a combination of 石shi2surname Shi , 桀jie2(emperor of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

石 + 桀 = 磔

磔 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

磔
Pinyin:zhe2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Tearing Off Limbs As Punishment
石
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
桀
Pinyin:jie2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Emperor Of Xia Dynasty) . Cruel
舛
Pinyin:chuan3
Meaning[3]: Mistaken . Erroneous . Contradictory
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
㐄
Pinyin:kua4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters, Mirror Image Of 夂[Zhi3]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu

Notes

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

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

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