Chinese Character 賊 Meanings and components.

Form

賊

Meaning

賊 meaning[3] in English

Thief.

Traitor.

Wily.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 賊 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Bei (貝) , and surname Rong (戎)

Its radical[1] is: 貝 (bei4) which means: Surname Bei, .貝bei4surname Bei

In cangjie it is written with BCIJ

How to write 賊

To write賊zei2thief you should write a combination of 貝bei4surname Bei , 戎rong2surname Rong arranged in a 吅 shape:

貝 + 戎 = 賊

賊 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

賊
Pinyin:zei2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Thief . Traitor . Wily . Deceitful . Evil . Extremely
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
戎
Pinyin:rong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Rong
𠂇
Pinyin:zuo3 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
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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