Chinese Character 腋 Meanings and components.

Form

腋

Meaning

腋 meaning[3] in English

Armpit.

(Biology) Axilla.

(Botany) Axil.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 腋 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , and variant of 夜[ye4] (夜)

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 BYOK

How to write 腋

To write腋ye4armpit you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 夜ye4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 夜 = 腋

腋 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

腋
Pinyin:ye4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Armpit . (Biology) Axilla . (Botany) Axil . Taiwan Pr. [Yi4]
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
夜
Pinyin:ye4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 夜[Ye4]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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