Chinese Character 識 Meanings and components.

Form

識

Meaning

識 meaning[3] in English

To Know.

Knowledge.

Taiwan Pr. [Shi4].

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with YRYIA

How to write 識

To write識shi2to know you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 戠zhi1to gather arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 戠 = 識

識 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

識
Pinyin:shi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Know . Knowledge . Taiwan Pr. [Shi4]
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
戠
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Gather . Old Variant Of 埴[Zhi2]
音
Pinyin:yin1
Meaning[3]: Sound . Noise . Note (Of Musical Scale) . Tone . News . Syllable . Reading (Phonetic Value Of A Character)
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
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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