Chinese Character 苛 Meanings and components.

Form

苛

Meaning

苛 meaning[3] in English

Severe.

Exacting.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 苛 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 can (可)

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

In cangjie it is written with TMNR

How to write 苛

To write苛ke1severe you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 可ke3can arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 可 = 苛

苛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

苛
Pinyin:ke1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Severe . Exacting
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
可
Pinyin:ke3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Can . May . Able To . To Approve . To Permit . To Suit . (Particle Used For Emphasis) Certainly . Very
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
丁
Pinyin:ding1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ding
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
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]

Notes

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

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

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