Chinese Character 背 Meanings and components.

Form

背

Meaning

背 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 背[Bei1].

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Main Components

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

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 LPB

How to write 背

To write背bei4variant of … you should write a combination of 北bei3north , 月yue4moon arranged in a 吕 shape:

北 + 月 = 背

背 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

背
Pinyin:bei4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 背[Bei1]
北
Pinyin:bei3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: North . (Classical) To Be Defeated
爿
Pinyin:pan2
Meaning[3]: 'Piece Of Wood' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 90), Mirror Image Of 片[Pian4]
?
Pinyin:?
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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