Chinese Character 闙 Meanings and components.

Form

闙

Meaning

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 闙 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Men (門) , and Qi son of … (啟)

Its radical[1] is: 門 (men2) which means: Surname Men, .門men2surname Men

In cangjie it is written with ANIKR

How to write 闙

To write闙qi3 you should write a combination of 門men2surname Men , 啟qi3Qi son … arranged in a 回 shape:

門 + 啟 = 闙

闙 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

闙
Pinyin:qi3 Shape:回
門
Pinyin:men2
Meaning[3]: Surname Men
啟
Pinyin:qi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Qi Son Of Yu The Great 禹[Yu3], Reported Founder Of The Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (C. 2070-C. 1600 Bc)
启
Pinyin:qi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 啟|启[Qi3]
户
Pinyin:hu4
Meaning[3]: A Household . Door . Family
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
攵
Pinyin:pu1

Notes

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

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

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