Chinese Character 词 Meanings and components.

Form

词

Meaning

词 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 詞|词[Ci2].

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVSMR

How to write 词

To write词ci2old variant … you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 司si1surname Si arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 司 = 词

词 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

词
Pinyin:ci2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 詞|词[Ci2]
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
司
Pinyin:si1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Si
𠃌
Pinyin:gun3 Shape:一
𠮛
Pinyin:𠮛5 Shape:吕
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
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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