Chinese Character 職 Meanings and components.

Form

職

Meaning

職 meaning[3] in English

Office.

Duty.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 職 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are ear (耳) , and to gather (戠)

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 SJYIA

How to write 職

To write職zhi2office you should write a combination of 耳er3ear , 戠zhi1to gather arranged in a 吅 shape:

耳 + 戠 = 職

職 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

職
Pinyin:zhi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Office . Duty
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)
戠
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Gather . Old Variant Of 埴[Zhi2]
音
Pinyin:yin1
Meaning[3]: Sound . Noise . Note (Of Musical Scale) . Tone . News . Syllable . Reading (Phonetic Value Of A Character)
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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