Chinese Character 罫 Meanings and components.

Form

罫

Meaning

罫 meaning[3] in English

Squares Of A Chess Board.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 罫 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are net (Kangxi radical … (罒) , and divinatory diagram (卦)

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

In cangjie it is written with WLGGY

How to write 罫

To write罫gua4squares of … you should write a combination of 罒wang3net (Kangxi … , 卦gua4divinatory diagram arranged in a 吕 shape:

罒 + 卦 = 罫

罫 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

罫
Pinyin:gua4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Squares Of A Chess Board
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
卦
Pinyin:gua4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Divinatory Diagram . One Of The Eight Divinatory Trigrams Of The Book Of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 Jing1] . One Of The Sixty-Four Divinatory Hexagrams Of The Book Of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 Jing1]
圭
Pinyin:gui1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Old) Jade Tablet (A Ceremonial Badge Of Rank)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu

Notes

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

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

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