Chinese Character 诫 Meanings and components.

Form

诫

Meaning

诫 meaning[3] in English

Commandment.

To Prohibit.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVIT

How to write 诫

To write诫jie4commandment you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 戒jie4to guard … arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 戒 = 诫

诫 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

诫
Pinyin:jie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Commandment . To Prohibit
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
戒
Pinyin:jie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Guard Against . To Exhort . To Admonish Or Warn . To Give Up Or Stop Doing Sth . Buddhist Monastic Discipline . Ring (For A Finger)
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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