Chinese Character 装 Meanings and components.

Form

装

Meaning

装 meaning[3] in English

Adornment.

To Adorn.

Dress.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 装 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Zhuang ethnic group … (壮) , and clothes (衣)

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

In cangjie it is written with LGYHV

How to write 装

To write装zhuang1adornment you should write a combination of 壮zhuang4Zhuang ethnic … , 衣yi1clothes arranged in a 吕 shape:

壮 + 衣 = 装

装 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

装
Pinyin:zhuang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Adornment . To Adorn . Dress . Clothing . Costume (Of An Actor In A Play) . To Play A Role . To Pretend . To Install . To Fix . To Wrap (Sth In A Bag) . To Load . To Pack
壮
Pinyin:zhuang4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Zhuang Ethnic Group Of Guangxi, The Prc'S Second Most Numerous Ethnic Group
丬
Pinyin:qiang2
Meaning[3]: 'Piece Of Wood' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 90), Mirror Image Of 片[Pian4]
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]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
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

Notes

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

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

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