Chinese Character 魑 Meanings and components.

Form

魑

Meaning

魑 meaning[3] in English

Mountain Demon.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 魑 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are ghost (鬼) , and mythical beast (archaic) (离)

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 HIYUB

How to write 魑

To write魑chi1mountain demon you should write a combination of 鬼gui3ghost , 离li2mythical beast … arranged in a 吅 shape:

鬼 + 离 = 魑

魑 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

魑
Pinyin:chi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mountain Demon
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
离
Pinyin:li2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Mythical Beast (Archaic)
㐫
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 凶[Xiong1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
凶
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Terrible . Fearful
凵
Pinyin:qian3
Meaning[3]: Receptacle
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow
禸
Pinyin:rou2
Meaning[3]: Trample

Notes

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

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

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