Chinese Character 芷 Meanings and components.

Form

芷

Meaning

芷 meaning[3] in English

Angelica (Type Of Iris).

Plant Root Used In Tcm.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 芷 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 stop (止)

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

In cangjie it is written with TYLM

How to write 芷

To write芷zhi3angelica (type … you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 止zhi3to stop arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 止 = 芷

芷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

芷
Pinyin:zhi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Angelica (Type Of Iris) . Plant Root Used In Tcm
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only

Notes

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

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

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