Chinese Character 第 Meanings and components.

Form

第

Meaning

第 meaning[3] in English

(Prefix Indicating Ordinal Number, E.G. First, Number Two Etc).

Order.

(Old) Rank In The Imperial Examinations.

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Main Components

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

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 HNLH

How to write 第

To write第di4(prefix indicating … you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 𢎨𢎨5 arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 𢎨 = 第

第 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

第
Pinyin:di4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Prefix Indicating Ordinal Number, E.G. First, Number Two Etc) . Order . (Old) Rank In The Imperial Examinations . Mansion . (Literary) But . Just
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]
𢎨
Pinyin:𢎨5 Shape:+
弔
Pinyin:diao4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: A String Of 100 Cash (Arch.) . To Lament . To Condole With . Variant Of 吊[Diao4]
弓
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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