Chinese Character 頤 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

頤 meaning[3] in English

Cheek.

Lower Cheek.

Chin.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𦣞) , and head (頁)

Its radical[1] is: (ye4) which means: Head, .ye4head

In cangjie it is written with SLMBC

How to write 頤

To writeyi2cheek you should write a combination of 𦣞𦣞5 , ye4head arranged in a shape:

𦣞 + =

頤 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:yi2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Cheek . Lower Cheek . Chin . Jaw . To Nourish

𦣞
Pinyin:𦣞5 Shape:*

Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: Surname Chen

Pinyin:ye4
Meaning[3]: Head

Pinyin:han3 Shape:
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Myeon'), An Ancient Korean Writing System

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

丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei

Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title

Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 頤in English or Chinese