Chinese Character 荠 Meanings and components.

Form

荠

Meaning

荠 meaning[3] in English

See 薺菜|荠菜[Ji4 Cai4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 荠 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 (name of states … (齐)

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

In cangjie it is written with TYKL

How to write 荠

To write荠ji4see 薺菜|荠菜[ji4 … you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 齐qi2(name of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 齐 = 荠

荠 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

荠
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: See 薺菜|荠菜[Ji4 Cai4]
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
齐
Pinyin:qi2
Meaning[3]: (Name Of States And Dynasties At Several Different Periods) . Surname Qi

Notes

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

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

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