Chinese Character 習 Meanings and components.

Form

習

Meaning

習 meaning[3] in English

Surname Xi.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 習 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are feather (羽) , and surname Bai (白)

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

In cangjie it is written with SMHA

How to write 習

To write習xi2surname Xi you should write a combination of 羽yu3feather , 白bai2surname Bai arranged in a 吕 shape:

羽 + 白 = 習

習 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

習
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
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
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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