Chinese Character 鯨 Meanings and components.

Form

鯨

Meaning

鯨 meaning[3] in English

Whale.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鯨 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Yu (魚) , and abbr. for Beijing (京)

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

In cangjie it is written with NFYRF

How to write 鯨

To write鯨jing1whale you should write a combination of 魚yu2surname Yu , 京jing1abbr. for … arranged in a 吅 shape:

魚 + 京 = 鯨

鯨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鯨
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Whale
魚
Pinyin:yu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
京
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Beijing . Surname Jing . Jing Ethnic Minority
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

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

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

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