Chinese Character 腮 Meanings and components.

Form

腮

Meaning

腮 meaning[3] in English

Cheek.

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Main Components

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

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 BWP

How to write 腮

To write腮sai1cheek you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 思si1to think arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 思 = 腮

腮 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

腮
Pinyin:sai1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cheek
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
思
Pinyin:si1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Think . To Consider
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
心
Pinyin:xin1
Meaning[3]: Heart . Mind . Intention . Center . Core . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4]

Notes

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

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

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