Chinese Character 诗 Meanings and components.

Form

诗

Meaning

诗 meaning[3] in English

Abbr. For Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 Jing1], The Book Of Songs.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVGDI

How to write 诗

To write诗shi1abbr. for … you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 寺si4Buddhist temple arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 寺 = 诗

诗 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

诗
Pinyin:shi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 Jing1], The Book Of Songs
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
寺
Pinyin:si4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Buddhist Temple . Mosque . Government Office (Old)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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