Chinese Character 織 Meanings and components.

Form

織

Meaning

織 meaning[3] in English

To Weave.

To Knit.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 織 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are fine silk (糸) , and to gather (戠)

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

In cangjie it is written with VFYIA

How to write 織

To write織zhi1to weave you should write a combination of 糸mi4fine silk , 戠zhi1to gather arranged in a 吅 shape:

糸 + 戠 = 織

織 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

織
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Weave . To Knit
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
戠
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Gather . Old Variant Of 埴[Zhi2]
音
Pinyin:yin1
Meaning[3]: Sound . Noise . Note (Of Musical Scale) . Tone . News . Syllable . Reading (Phonetic Value Of A Character)
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
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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