Chinese Character 钗 Meanings and components.

Form

钗

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 钗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (钅) , and fork (叉)

Its radical^[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with OPEI

To write钗chai1hairpin you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , 叉cha1fork arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + 叉 = 钗

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

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

Meaning^[3]: Hairpin

Meaning^[3]: Fork . Pitchfork . Prong . Pick . Cross . Intersect . 'X'

Meaning^[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Meaning^[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]