Chinese Character 给 Meanings and components.

Form

给

Meaning

给 meaning[3] in English

To.

For.

For The Benefit Of.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 给 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (纟) , and 100 ml (合)

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

In cangjie it is written with VMOMR

How to write 给

To write给gei3to you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 合he2100 ml arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 合 = 给

给 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

给
Pinyin:gei3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To . For . For The Benefit Of . To Give . To Allow . To Do Sth (For Sb) . (Grammatical Equivalent Of 被) . (Grammatical Equivalent Of 把) . (Sentence Intensifier)
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
合
Pinyin:he2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 100 Ml . One-Tenth Of A Peck . Measure For Dry Grain Equal To One-Tenth Of Sheng 升 Or Liter, Or One-Hundredth Dou 斗
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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