Chinese Character 类 Meanings and components.

Form

类

Meaning

类 meaning[3] in English

Kind.

Type.

Class.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 类 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mi (米) , and big (大)

Its radical[1] is: 米 (mi3) which means: Surname Mi, .米mi3surname Mi

In cangjie it is written with FDK

How to write 类

To write类lei4kind you should write a combination of 米mi3surname Mi , 大da4big arranged in a 吕 shape:

米 + 大 = 类

类 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

类
Pinyin:lei4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Kind . Type . Class . Category . Similar . Like . To Resemble
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]
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

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

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

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