Chinese Character 离 Meanings and components.

Form

离

Meaning

离 meaning[3] in English

Mythical Beast (Archaic).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 离 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are old variant of … (㐫) , and trample (禸)

Its radical[1] is: 禸 (rou2) which means: Trample, .禸rou2trample

In cangjie it is written with YUKB

How to write 离

To write离li2mythical beast … you should write a combination of 㐫xiong1old variant … , 禸rou2trample arranged in a 吕 shape:

㐫 + 禸 = 离

离 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

离
Pinyin:li2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Mythical Beast (Archaic)
㐫
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 凶[Xiong1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
凶
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Terrible . Fearful
凵
Pinyin:qian3
Meaning[3]: Receptacle
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow
禸
Pinyin:rou2
Meaning[3]: Trample

Notes

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

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

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