Chinese Character 试 Meanings and components.

Form

试

Meaning

试 meaning[3] in English

To Test.

To Try.

Experiment.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVIPM

How to write 试

To write试shi4to test you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 式shi4type arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 式 = 试

试 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

试
Pinyin:shi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Test . To Try . Experiment . Examination . Test
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
式
Pinyin:shi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Type . Form . Pattern . Style
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 试in English or Chinese