Chinese Character 鯉 Meanings and components.

Form

鯉

Meaning

鯉 meaning[3] in English

Carp.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鯉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Yu (魚) , and variant of 裡|里[li3] (里)

Its radical[1] is: 魚 (yu2) which means: Surname Yu, .魚yu2surname Yu

In cangjie it is written with NFWG

How to write 鯉

To write鯉li3carp you should write a combination of 魚yu2surname Yu , 里li3variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

魚 + 里 = 鯉

鯉 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鯉
Pinyin:li3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Carp
魚
Pinyin:yu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
里
Pinyin:li3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 裡|里[Li3]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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