Chinese Character 社 Meanings and components.

Form

社

Meaning

社 meaning[3] in English

Society.

Group.

Club.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 社 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (礻) , and Tu (ethnic group) (土)

Its radical[1] is: 示 (shi4) which means: To Show, To Reveal, .示shi4to show

In cangjie it is written with IFG

How to write 社

To write社she4society you should write a combination of 礻shi4 , 土tu3Tu (ethnic … arranged in a 吅 shape:

礻 + 土 = 社

社 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

社
Pinyin:she4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Society . Group . Club . Agency . (Old) God Of The Land
礻
Pinyin:shi4
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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