Chinese Character 该 Meanings and components.

Form

该

Meaning

该 meaning[3] in English

Should.

Ought To.

Probably.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 该 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , and 12th earthly branch: … (亥)

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

In cangjie it is written with IVYVO

How to write 该

To write该gai1should you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 亥hai412th earthly … arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 亥 = 该

该 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

该
Pinyin:gai1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Should . Ought To . Probably . Must Be . To Deserve . To Owe . To Be Sb'S Turn To Do Sth . That . The Above-Mentioned
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
亥
Pinyin:hai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 12th Earthly Branch: 9-11 P.M., 10th Solar Month (7th November-6th December), Year Of The Boar . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 330°
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
?
Pinyin:?
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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