Chinese Character 龟 Meanings and components.

Form

龟

Meaning

龟 meaning[3] in English

Tortoise.

Turtle.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 龟 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (⺈) , and lightning (电)

Its radical[1] is: 龜 (gui1) which means: Tortoise, Turtle, .龜gui1tortoise

How to write 龟

To write龟gui1tortoise you should write a combination of ⺈⺈ , 电dian4lightning

⺈ + 电 = 龟

龟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

龟
Pinyin:gui1
Meaning[3]: Tortoise . Turtle
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
电
Pinyin:dian4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Lightning . Electricity . Electric (Bound Form) . To Get (Or Give) An Electric Shock . Phone Call Or Telegram Etc . To Send Via Telephone Or Telegram Etc
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]

Notes

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

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

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