Chinese Character 舌 Meanings and components.

Form

舌

Meaning

舌 meaning[3] in English

Tongue.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 舌 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are thousand (千) , and mouth (口)

No radical has been identified in it.

How to write 舌

To write舌she2tongue you should write a combination of 千qian1thousand , 口kou3mouth

千 + 口 = 舌

舌 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

舌
Pinyin:she2
Meaning[3]: Tongue
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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