Chinese Character 聊 Meanings and components.

Form

聊

Meaning

聊 meaning[3] in English

To Chat.

To Depend Upon (Literary).

Temporarily.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 聊 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are ear (耳) , and mortise (slot cut … (卯)

Its radical[1] is: 耳 (er3) which means: Ear, Handle (Archaeology), And That Is All (Classical Chinese), .耳er3ear

In cangjie it is written with SJHHL

How to write 聊

To write聊liao2to chat you should write a combination of 耳er3ear , 卯mao3mortise (slot … arranged in a 吅 shape:

耳 + 卯 = 聊

聊 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

聊
Pinyin:liao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Chat . To Depend Upon (Literary) . Temporarily . Just . Slightly
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)
卯
Pinyin:mao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mortise (Slot Cut Into Wood To Receive A Tenon) . 4th Earthly Branch: 5-7 A.M., 2nd Solar Month (6th March-4th April), Year Of The Rabbit . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 90° (East) . Variant Of 鉚|铆[Mao3] . To Exert One'S Strength
𠂎
Pinyin:𠂎5 Shape:一
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

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

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

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