Chinese Character 詩 Meanings and components.

Form

詩

Meaning

詩 meaning[3] in English

Abbr. For Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 Jing1], The Book Of Songs.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 詩 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are words (言) , and Buddhist temple (寺)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with YRGDI

How to write 詩

To write詩shi1abbr. for … you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 寺si4Buddhist temple arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 寺 = 詩

詩 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

詩
Pinyin:shi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 Jing1], The Book Of Songs
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
寺
Pinyin:si4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Buddhist Temple . Mosque . Government Office (Old)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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