Chinese Character 離 Meanings and components.

Form

離

Meaning

離 meaning[3] in English

Surname Li.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 離 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mythical beast (archaic) (离) , and short-tailed bird (隹)

Its radical[1] is: 隹 (zhui1) which means: Short-Tailed Bird, .隹zhui1short-tailed bird

In cangjie it is written with YBOG

How to write 離

To write離li2surname Li you should write a combination of 离li2mythical beast … , 隹zhui1short-tailed bird arranged in a 吅 shape:

离 + 隹 = 離

離 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

離
Pinyin:li2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
离
Pinyin:li2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Mythical Beast (Archaic)
㐫
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 凶[Xiong1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
凶
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Terrible . Fearful
凵
Pinyin:qian3
Meaning[3]: Receptacle
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow
禸
Pinyin:rou2
Meaning[3]: Trample
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

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

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

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