Chinese Character 驿 Meanings and components.

Form

驿

Meaning

驿 meaning[3] in English

Post Horse.

Relay Station.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 驿 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Ma (马) , and old variant of … (夅)

Its radical[1] is: 馬 (ma3) which means: Surname Ma, Abbr. For Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 Lai2 Xi1 Ya4], .馬ma3surname Ma

In cangjie it is written with NMEQ

How to write 驿

To write驿yi4post horse you should write a combination of 马ma3surname Ma , 夅jiang4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

马 + 夅 = 驿

驿 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

驿
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Post Horse . Relay Station
马
Pinyin:ma3
Meaning[3]: Surname Ma . Abbr. For Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 Lai2 Xi1 Ya4]
夅
Pinyin:jiang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 降[Jiang4]
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]
㐄
Pinyin:kua4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters, Mirror Image Of 夂[Zhi3]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

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

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

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