Chinese Character 竊 Meanings and components.

Form

竊

Meaning

竊 meaning[3] in English

To Steal.

Secretly.

(Humble) I.

View more meanings of 竊 in English

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 竊 can be seen as a composition of 5 main shapes where their meanings are cave (穴) , old variant of … (釆) , surname Bu (卜) , (?) , and trample (禸)

Its radical[1] is: 穴 (xue2) which means: Cave, Cavity, Hole, Acupuncture Point, Taiwan Pr. [Xue4], .穴xue2cave

In cangjie it is written with JCHDB

How to write 竊

To write竊qie4to steal you should write a combination of 穴xue2cave , 釆bian4old variant … 卜bo5surname Bu ?? 禸rou2trample arranged in a 吕 shape:

穴 + 釆 + 卜 + ? + 禸 = 竊

竊 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

竊
Pinyin:qie4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Steal . Secretly . (Humble) I
穴
Pinyin:xue2
Meaning[3]: Cave . Cavity . Hole . Acupuncture Point . Taiwan Pr. [Xue4]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
釆
Pinyin:bian4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 辨[Bian4]
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
米
Pinyin:mi3
Meaning[3]: Surname Mi
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
?
Pinyin:?
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

  • Wiktionary Page for 竊in English or Chinese