Chinese Character 积 Meanings and components.

Form

积

Meaning

积 meaning[3] in English

To Amass.

To Accumulate.

To Store.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 积 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cereal (禾) , and only (只)

Its radical[1] is: 禾 (he2) which means: Cereal, Grain, .禾he2cereal

In cangjie it is written with HDRC

How to write 积

To write积ji1to amass you should write a combination of 禾he2cereal , 只zhi3only arranged in a 吅 shape:

禾 + 只 = 积

积 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

积
Pinyin:ji1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Amass . To Accumulate . To Store . Measured Quantity (Such As Area Of Volume) . Product (The Result Of Multiplication) . To Integrate (Math.) . To Solve (Or Integrate) An Ordinary Differential Equation (Math.) . Old . Long-Standing
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
只
Pinyin:zhi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Only . Merely . Just . But
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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