Chinese Character 臺 Meanings and components.

Form

臺

Meaning

臺 meaning[3] in English

Taiwan (Abbr.).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 臺 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Ji (吉) , and to arrive (至)

Its radical[1] is: 至 (zhi4) which means: To Arrive, Most, To, Until, .至zhi4to arrive

In cangjie it is written with GRBG

How to write 臺

To write臺tai2Taiwan (abbr.) you should write a combination of 吉ji2surname Ji , 至zhi4to arrive arranged in a 冖 shape:

吉 + 至 = 臺

臺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

臺
Pinyin:tai2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Taiwan (Abbr.)
吉
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji . Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
至
Pinyin:zhi4
Meaning[3]: To Arrive . Most . To . Until
𠫔
Pinyin:𠫔5 Shape:吕
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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