Chinese Character 誡 Meanings and components.

Form

誡

Meaning

誡 meaning[3] in English

Commandment.

To Prohibit.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 誡 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are words (言) , and to guard against (戒)

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

In cangjie it is written with YRIT

How to write 誡

To write誡jie4commandment you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 戒jie4to guard … arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 戒 = 誡

誡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

誡
Pinyin:jie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Commandment . To Prohibit
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
戒
Pinyin:jie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Guard Against . To Exhort . To Admonish Or Warn . To Give Up Or Stop Doing Sth . Buddhist Monastic Discipline . Ring (For A Finger)
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
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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