Chinese Character 馗 Meanings and components.

Form

馗

Meaning

馗 meaning[3] in English

Cheekbone.

Crossroads.

High.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 馗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are nine (九) , and head (首)

Its radical[1] is: 首 (shou3) which means: Head, Chief, First (Occasion, Thing Etc), Classifier For Poems, Songs Etc, .首shou3head

In cangjie it is written with KNTHU

How to write 馗

To write馗kui2cheekbone you should write a combination of 九jiu3nine , 首shou3head arranged in a 吅 shape:

九 + 首 = 馗

馗 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

馗
Pinyin:kui2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cheekbone . Crossroads . High
九
Pinyin:jiu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Nine . 9
首
Pinyin:shou3
Meaning[3]: Head . Chief . First (Occasion, Thing Etc) . Classifier For Poems, Songs Etc
䒑
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
自
Pinyin:zi4
Meaning[3]: Self . Oneself . From . Since . Naturally . Surely
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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