Chinese Character 脅 Meanings and components.

Form

脅

Meaning

脅 meaning[3] in English

Flank (The Side Of One's Torso).

To Coerce.

To Threaten.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 脅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are unending exertion (劦) , 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 KSKSB

How to write 脅

To write脅xie2flank (the … you should write a combination of 劦xie2unending exertion , 月yue4moon arranged in a 吕 shape:

劦 + 月 = 脅

脅 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

脅
Pinyin:xie2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Flank (The Side Of One'S Torso) . To Coerce . To Threaten
劦
Pinyin:xie2 Shape:品
Meaning[3]: Unending Exertion
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
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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