Chinese Character 系 Meanings and components.

Form

系

Meaning

系 meaning[3] in English

To Connect.

To Relate To.

To Tie Up.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 系 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are radical in Chinese … (丿) , and fine silk (糸)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with HVIF

How to write 系

To write系xi4to connect you should write a combination of 丿pie3radical in … , 糸mi4fine silk arranged in a 吕 shape:

丿 + 糸 = 系

系 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

系
Pinyin:xi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Connect . To Relate To . To Tie Up . To Bind . To Be (Literary)
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
糸
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: Fine Silk . Kangxi Radical 120
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

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

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

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