Chinese Character 該 Meanings and components.

Form

該

Meaning

該 meaning[3] in English

Should.

Ought To.

Probably.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 該 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are words (言) , and 12th earthly branch: … (亥)

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

In cangjie it is written with YRYVO

How to write 該

To write該gai1should you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 亥hai412th earthly … arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 亥 = 該

該 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

該
Pinyin:gai1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Should . Ought To . Probably . Must Be . To Deserve . To Owe . To Be Sb'S Turn To Do Sth . That . The Above-Mentioned
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
亥
Pinyin:hai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 12th Earthly Branch: 9-11 P.M., 10th Solar Month (7th November-6th December), Year Of The Boar . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 330°
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
?
Pinyin:?
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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