Chinese Character 肢 Meanings and components.

Form

肢

Meaning

肢 meaning[3] in English

Limb.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 肢 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , and surname Zhi (支)

Its radical[1] is: 肉 (rou4) which means: Meat, Flesh, Pulp (Of A Fruit), (Coll.) (Of A Fruit) Squashy, (Of A Person) Flabby, Irresolute, Kangxi Radical 130, .肉rou4meat

In cangjie it is written with BJE

How to write 肢

To write肢zhi1limb you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 支zhi1surname Zhi arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 支 = 肢

肢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

肢
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Limb
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
支
Pinyin:zhi1
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhi
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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