Chinese Character 魅 Meanings and components.

Form

魅

Meaning

魅 meaning[3] in English

Demon.

Magic.

To Charm.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 魅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are ghost (鬼) , and not yet (未)

Its radical[1] is: 鬼 (gui3) which means: Ghost, Demon, Terrible, Damnable, Clever, Sly, Crafty, (Suffix For Sb With A Certain Vice Or Addiction Etc), One Of The 28 Constellations, .鬼gui3ghost

In cangjie it is written with HIJD

How to write 魅

To write魅mei4demon you should write a combination of 鬼gui3ghost , 未wei4not yet arranged in a 吅 shape:

鬼 + 未 = 魅

魅 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

魅
Pinyin:mei4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Demon . Magic . To Charm
鬼
Pinyin:gui3
Meaning[3]: Ghost . Demon . Terrible . Damnable . Clever . Sly . Crafty . (Suffix For Sb With A Certain Vice Or Addiction Etc) . One Of The 28 Constellations
未
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Not Yet . Did Not . Have Not . Not . 8th Earthly Branch: 1-3 P.M., 6th Solar Month (7th July-6th August), Year Of The Sheep . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 210°
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
一
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

Notes

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

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

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