Chinese Character 艾 Meanings and components.

Form

艾

Meaning

艾 meaning[3] in English

Surname Ai.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 艾 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 … (艹) , and to regulate (乂)

Its radical[1] is: 艸 (cao3) which means: Variant Of 草[Cao3], .艸cao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with TK

How to write 艾

To write艾ai4surname Ai you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 乂yi4to regulate arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 乂 = 艾

艾 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

艾
Pinyin:ai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ai
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow

Notes

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

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

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