Chinese Character 识 Meanings and components.

Form

识

Meaning

识 meaning[3] in English

To Know.

Knowledge.

Taiwan Pr. [Shi4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 识 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , and only (只)

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

In cangjie it is written with IVRC

How to write 识

To write识shi2to know you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 只zhi3only arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 只 = 识

识 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

识
Pinyin:shi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Know . Knowledge . Taiwan Pr. [Shi4]
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
只
Pinyin:zhi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Only . Merely . Just . But
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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