Chinese Character 笄 Meanings and components.

Form

笄

Meaning

笄 meaning[3] in English

15 Years Old.

Hairpin For Bun.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 笄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bamboo (竹) , and to open (开)

Its radical[1] is: 竹 (zhu2) which means: Bamboo, Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1], Kangxi Radical 118, .竹zhu2bamboo

In cangjie it is written with HMT

How to write 笄

To write笄ji115 years … you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 开kai1to open arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 开 = 笄

笄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

笄
Pinyin:ji1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 15 Years Old . Hairpin For Bun
竹
Pinyin:zhu2
Meaning[3]: Bamboo . Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1] . Kangxi Radical 118
亇
Pinyin:ma5 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 個|个[Ge4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
*
Pinyin:*
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]
开
Pinyin:kai1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Open . To Start . To Turn On . To Boil . To Write Out (A Prescription, Check, Invoice Etc) . To Operate (A Vehicle) . Carat (Gold) . Abbr. For Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 Er3 Wen2] . Abbr. For 開本|开本[Kai1 Ben3], Book Format
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined

Notes

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

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

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