Chinese Character 翟 Meanings and components.

Form

翟

Meaning

翟 meaning[3] in English

Surname Di.

Variant Of 狄[Di2], Generic Name For Northern Ethnic Minorities During The Qin And Han Dynasties (221 Bc-220 Ad).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 翟 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are feather (羽) , and short-tailed bird (隹)

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

In cangjie it is written with SMOG

How to write 翟

To write翟di2surname Di you should write a combination of 羽yu3feather , 隹zhui1short-tailed bird arranged in a 吕 shape:

羽 + 隹 = 翟

翟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

翟
Pinyin:di2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Di . Variant Of 狄[Di2], Generic Name For Northern Ethnic Minorities During The Qin And Han Dynasties (221 Bc-220 Ad)
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
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

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

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

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