Chinese Character 磬 Meanings and components.

Form

磬

Meaning

磬 meaning[3] in English

Chime Stones, Ancient Percussion Instrument Made Of Stone Or Jade Pieces Hung In A Row And Struck As A Xylophone.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 磬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 磬[qing4] (殸) , and surname Shi (石)

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

In cangjie it is written with GEMR

How to write 磬

To write磬qing4chime stones, … you should write a combination of 殸qing4variant of … , 石shi2surname Shi arranged in a 吕 shape:

殸 + 石 = 磬

磬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

磬
Pinyin:qing4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Chime Stones, Ancient Percussion Instrument Made Of Stone Or Jade Pieces Hung In A Row And Struck As A Xylophone
殸
Pinyin:qing4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 磬[Qing4]
声
Pinyin:sheng1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Sound . Voice . Tone . Noise . Reputation . Classifier For Sounds
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
𠃜
Pinyin:𠃜5 Shape:+
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
石
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 磬in English or Chinese