Chinese Character 笛 Meanings and components.

Form

笛

Meaning

笛 meaning[3] in English

Flute.

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Main Components

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

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 HLW

How to write 笛

To write笛di2flute you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 由you2to follow arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 由 = 笛

笛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

笛
Pinyin:di2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Flute
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]
由
Pinyin:you2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Follow . From . Because Of . Due To . By . Via . Through . (Before A Noun And A Verb) It Is For ... To ...
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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