Chinese Character 誼 Meanings and components.

Form

誼

Meaning

誼 meaning[3] in English

Friendship.

Also Pr. [Yi2].

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with YRJBM

How to write 誼

To write誼yi4friendship you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 宜yi2surname Yi arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 宜 = 誼

誼 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

誼
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Friendship . Also Pr. [Yi2]
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
宜
Pinyin:yi2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yi
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
且
Pinyin:qie3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: And . Moreover . Yet . For The Time Being . To Be About To . Both (... And...)

Notes

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

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

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