Chinese Character 髭 Meanings and components.

Form

髭

Meaning

髭 meaning[3] in English

Mustache.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 髭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are hair (髟) , and this (此)

Its radical[1] is: 髟 (biao1) which means: Hair, Shaggy, .髟biao1hair

In cangjie it is written with SHYMP

How to write 髭

To write髭zi1mustache you should write a combination of 髟biao1hair , 此ci3this arranged in a 吕 shape:

髟 + 此 = 髭

髭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

髭
Pinyin:zi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Mustache
髟
Pinyin:biao1
Meaning[3]: Hair . Shaggy
镸
Pinyin:chang2
Meaning[3]: 'Long' Or 'To Grow' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 168)
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)
此
Pinyin:ci3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: This . These
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

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

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

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