Chinese Character 誄 Meanings and components.

Form

誄

Meaning

誄 meaning[3] in English

To Eulogize The Dead.

Eulogy.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with YRQD

How to write 誄

To write誄lei3to eulogize … you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 耒lei3plow arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 耒 = 誄

誄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

誄
Pinyin:lei3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Eulogize The Dead . Eulogy
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
耒
Pinyin:lei3
Meaning[3]: Plow
未
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Not Yet . Did Not . Have Not . Not . 8th Earthly Branch: 1-3 P.M., 6th Solar Month (7th July-6th August), Year Of The Sheep . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 210°
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
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
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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