Chinese Character 衰 Meanings and components.

Form

衰

Meaning

衰 meaning[3] in English

Mourning Garments.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 衰 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are clothes (衣) , and surname Chou (丑)

Its radical[1] is: 衣 (yi1) which means: Clothes, Cl:件[Jian4], Kangxi Radical 145, .衣yi1clothes

In cangjie it is written with YWMV

How to write 衰

To write衰shuai1mourning garments you should write a combination of 衣yi1clothes , 丑chou3surname Chou arranged in a 回 shape:

衣 + 丑 = 衰

衰 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

衰
Pinyin:shuai1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Mourning Garments
衣
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: Clothes . Cl:件[Jian4] . Kangxi Radical 145
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
𧘇
Pinyin:𧘇5 Shape:一
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
𠄌
Pinyin:jue2
乀
Pinyin:fu2
Meaning[3]: Stretch
丑
Pinyin:chou3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Chou

Notes

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

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

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