Chinese Character 誥 Meanings and components.

Form

誥

Meaning

誥 meaning[3] in English

To Enjoin.

To Grant (A Title).

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with YRHGR

How to write 誥

To write誥gao4to enjoin you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 告gao4to say arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 告 = 誥

誥 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

誥
Pinyin:gao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Enjoin . To Grant (A Title)
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
告
Pinyin:gao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Say . To Tell . To Announce . To Report . To Denounce . To File A Lawsuit . To Sue
牛
Pinyin:niu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Niu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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