Chinese Character 鄭 Meanings and components.

Form

鄭

Meaning

鄭 meaning[3] in English

Zheng State During The Warring States Period.

Surname Zheng.

Abbr. For 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 Zhou1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鄭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to fix (奠) , and (阝)

Its radical[1] is: 邑 (yi4) which means: City, Village, .邑yi4city

In cangjie it is written with TKNL

How to write 鄭

To write鄭zheng4Zheng state … you should write a combination of 奠dian4to fix , 阝fu4 arranged in a 吅 shape:

奠 + 阝 = 鄭

鄭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鄭
Pinyin:zheng4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Zheng State During The Warring States Period . Surname Zheng . Abbr. For 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 Zhou1]
奠
Pinyin:dian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Fix . To Settle . A Libation To The Dead
酋
Pinyin:qiu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Tribal Chief
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
酉
Pinyin:you3
Meaning[3]: 10th Earthly Branch: 5-7 P.M., 8th Solar Month (8th September-7th October), Year Of The Rooster . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 270° (West)
西
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: The West . Abbr. For Spain 西班牙[Xi1 Ban1 Ya2] . Spanish
兀
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
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
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
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
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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