Chinese Character 茨 Meanings and components.

Form

茨

Meaning

茨 meaning[3] in English

Caltrop Or Puncture Vine (Tribulus Terrestris).

To Thatch (A Roof).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 茨 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 next in sequence (次)

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

In cangjie it is written with TMMO

How to write 茨

To write茨ci2Caltrop or … you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 次ci4next in … arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 次 = 茨

茨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

茨
Pinyin:ci2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Caltrop Or Puncture Vine (Tribulus Terrestris) . To Thatch (A Roof)
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
次
Pinyin:ci4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Next In Sequence . Second . The Second (Day, Time Etc) . Secondary . Vice- . Sub- . Infra- . Inferior Quality . Substandard . Order . Sequence . Hypo- (Chemistry) . Classifier For Enumerated Events: Time
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

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

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

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