Chinese Character 羿 Meanings and components.

Form

羿

Meaning

羿 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yi.

Name Of Legendary Archer.

Also Written 后羿[Hou4 Yi4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 羿 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are feather (羽) , and hands joined (廾)

Its radical[1] is: 羽 (yu3) which means: Feather, 5th Note In Pentatonic Scale, .羽yu3feather

In cangjie it is written with SMT

How to write 羿

To write羿yi4surname Yi you should write a combination of 羽yu3feather , 廾gong3hands joined arranged in a 吕 shape:

羽 + 廾 = 羿

羿 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

羿
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yi . Name Of Legendary Archer . Also Written 后羿[Hou4 Yi4]
羽
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Feather . 5th Note In Pentatonic Scale
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined

Notes

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

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

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