Chinese Character 髻 Meanings and components.

Form

髻

Meaning

髻 meaning[3] in English

Hair Rolled Up In A Bun, Topknot.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with SHGR

How to write 髻

To write髻ji4hair rolled … you should write a combination of 髟biao1hair , 吉ji2surname Ji arranged in a 吕 shape:

髟 + 吉 = 髻

髻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

髻
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Hair Rolled Up In A Bun, Topknot
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)
吉
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji . Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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