黹
marks a character as having to do with embroidery and patterned stitching on cloth · Kangxi radical 204
marks a character as having to do with embroidery and patterned stitching on cloth
黹 began as a picture of a piece of cloth with a decorative pattern worked into it. You can still see the cloth in the lower part of the modern form, which looks like 巾, a hanging cloth, while the strokes above it stand for the stitched design running across it. Exactly which pattern was drawn is unclear, but the sense of needlework has stayed with the graph, and today it appears only in the two old embroidery words 黻 and 黼.
黹 at a glance
- Meaning
- marks a character as having to do with embroidery and patterned stitching on cloth
- Strokes
- 12
- Characters
- 2
- Role
- Contributes meaning
- Kangxi radical
- 204
Characters with 黹
Frequently asked questions
What does the component 黹 mean?
黹 means "marks a character as having to do with embroidery and patterned stitching on cloth". In the characters that contain it, it contributes meaning.
How many Chinese characters contain 黹?
2 characters in this dictionary contain 黹.
Is 黹 a radical?
Yes — 黹 is Kangxi radical 204, one of the 214 traditional indexing radicals used to organise Chinese dictionaries.
How many strokes does 黹 have?
黹 is written in 12 strokes.