Chinese Character 继 Meanings and components.

Form

继

Meaning

继 meaning[3] in English

To Continue.

To Follow After.

To Go On With.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 继 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (纟) , component in Chinese … (乚) , and surname Mi (米)

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

In cangjie it is written with VMVFD

How to write 继

To write继ji4to continue you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 乚yin3component in … 米mi3surname Mi arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 乚 + 米 = 继

继 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

继
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Continue . To Follow After . To Go On With . To Succeed . To Inherit . Then . Afterwards
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]
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]

Notes

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

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

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