Chinese Character 诘 Meanings and components.

Form

诘

Meaning

诘 meaning[3] in English

To Investigate.

To Restrain.

To Scold.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVGR

How to write 诘

To write诘ji2to investigate you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 吉ji2surname Ji arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 吉 = 诘

诘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

诘
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Investigate . To Restrain . To Scold
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
吉
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji . Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
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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