Chinese Character 荼 Meanings and components.

Form

荼

Meaning

荼 meaning[3] in English

Thistle.

Common Sowthistle (Sonchus Oleraceus).

Bitter (Taste).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 荼 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 surname Yu (余)

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

In cangjie it is written with TOMD

How to write 荼

To write荼tu2thistle you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 余yu2surname Yu arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 余 = 荼

荼 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

荼
Pinyin:tu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thistle . Common Sowthistle (Sonchus Oleraceus) . Bitter (Taste) . Cruel . Flowering Grass In Profusion
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
余
Pinyin:yu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
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
朩
Pinyin:deng3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Pin'), An Ancient Korean Writing System

Notes

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

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

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