Chinese Character 细 Meanings and components.

Form

细

Meaning

细 meaning[3] in English

Thin Or Slender.

Finely Particulate.

Thin And Soft.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 细 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (纟) , and surname Tian (田)

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

In cangjie it is written with VMW

How to write 细

To write细xi4thin or … you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 田tian2surname Tian arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 田 = 细

细 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

细
Pinyin:xi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Thin Or Slender . Finely Particulate . Thin And Soft . Fine . Delicate . Trifling . (Of A Sound) Quiet . Frugal
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian

Notes

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

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

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