Chinese Character 祭 Meanings and components.

Form

祭

Meaning

祭 meaning[3] in English

Surname Zhai.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 祭 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , (once) again (又) , and to show (示)

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

In cangjie it is written with BOMMF

How to write 祭

To write祭ji4surname Zhai you should write a combination of 月yue4moon 又you4(once) again , 示shi4to show arranged in a 吕 shape:

月 + 又 + 示 = 祭

祭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

祭
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhai
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
示
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: To Show . To Reveal
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

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

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

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