Chinese Character 戥 Meanings and components.

Form

戥

Meaning

戥 meaning[3] in English

Small Steelyard For Weighing Money.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 戥 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are star (星) , and surname Ge (戈)

Its radical[1] is: 戈 (ge1) which means: Surname Ge, .戈ge1surname Ge

In cangjie it is written with AMI

How to write 戥

To write戥deng3small steelyard … you should write a combination of 星xing1star , 戈ge1surname Ge arranged in a 吅 shape:

星 + 戈 = 戥

戥 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

戥
Pinyin:deng3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Small Steelyard For Weighing Money
星
Pinyin:xing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Star . Heavenly Body . Satellite . Small Amount
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
生
Pinyin:sheng1
Meaning[3]: To Be Born . To Give Birth . Life . To Grow . Raw . Uncooked . Student
牛
Pinyin:niu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Niu
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
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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