Chinese Character 账 Meanings and components.

Form

账

Meaning

账 meaning[3] in English

Account.

Bill.

Debt.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 账 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Bei (贝) , and length (长)

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

In cangjie it is written with BOPO

How to write 账

To write账zhang4account you should write a combination of 贝bei4surname Bei , 长zhang3length arranged in a 吅 shape:

贝 + 长 = 账

账 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

账
Pinyin:zhang4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Account . Bill . Debt . Cl:本[Ben3],筆|笔[Bi3]
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
长
Pinyin:zhang3
Meaning[3]: Length . Long . Forever . Always . Constantly

Notes

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

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

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