Chinese Character 缁 Meanings and components.

Form

缁

Meaning

缁 meaning[3] in English

Buddhists.

Black Silk.

Dark.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMVVW

How to write 缁

To write缁zi1Buddhists you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 甾zai1steroid nucleus arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 甾 = 缁

缁 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

缁
Pinyin:zi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Buddhists . Black Silk . Dark
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
甾
Pinyin:zai1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Steroid Nucleus
巛
Pinyin:chuan1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 川[Chuan1]
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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