Chinese Character 規 Meanings and components.

Form

規

Meaning

規 meaning[3] in English

Compass.

A Rule.

Regulation.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 規 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are husband (夫) , and to see (見)

Its radical[1] is: 見 (jian4) which means: To See, To Meet, To Appear (To Be Sth), To Interview, .見jian4to see

In cangjie it is written with QOBUU

How to write 規

To write規gui1compass you should write a combination of 夫fu1husband , 見jian4to see arranged in a 吅 shape:

夫 + 見 = 規

規 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

規
Pinyin:gui1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Compass . A Rule . Regulation . To Admonish . To Plan . To Scheme
夫
Pinyin:fu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Husband . Man . Manual Worker . Conscripted Laborer (Old)
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
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
見
Pinyin:jian4
Meaning[3]: To See . To Meet . To Appear (To Be Sth) . To Interview
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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