Chinese Character 罪 Meanings and components.

Form

罪

Meaning

罪 meaning[3] in English

Guilt.

Crime.

Fault.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 罪 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are net (Kangxi radical … (罒) , and abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 … (非)

Its radical[1] is: 网 (wang3) which means: Net, Network, .网wang3net

In cangjie it is written with WLLMY

How to write 罪

To write罪zui4guilt you should write a combination of 罒wang3net (Kangxi … , 非fei1abbr. for … arranged in a 吕 shape:

罒 + 非 = 罪

罪 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

罪
Pinyin:zui4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Guilt . Crime . Fault . Blame . Sin
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
非
Pinyin:fei1
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 非洲[Fei1 Zhou1], Africa

Notes

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

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

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