Chinese Character 等 Meanings and components.

Form

等

Meaning

等 meaning[3] in English

Class.

Rank.

Grade.

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Main Components

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

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 HGDI

How to write 等

To write等deng3class you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 寺si4Buddhist temple arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 寺 = 等

等 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

等
Pinyin:deng3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Class . Rank . Grade . Equal To . Same As . To Wait For . To Await . Et Cetera . And So On . Et Al. (And Other Authors) . After . As Soon As . Once
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]
寺
Pinyin:si4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Buddhist Temple . Mosque . Government Office (Old)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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