Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "釵", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "釵", and master the standard way of writing the character "釵".
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釵
釵 chāi
名词
【本义】: 古代女性的一种首饰,形状似叉,由金、玉、铜等材料制作。
[En.] The original meaning refers to an ancient type of jewelry for women, shaped like a fork, made of materials such as gold, jade, and copper.
【造字法】: 形声。从金,叉声。
[En.] Etymology: A phonetic compound character formed with the radical for "metal" and the phonetic indicator related to "fork."
【意义】:
1. 同本义 [En.] hairpin
例: 金~。玉~。裙~ (古时指妇女,亦称“釵裙”)。荊~布裙 (形容妇女装束朴素)。
[En.] Examples: gold hairpin, jade hairpin, skirt (an old term referring to women, also called "hairpin skirt"), simple cloth skirt of women.
2. 借指妇女 [En.] woman
例: 如: 金陵十二釵。
[En.] Example: Such as "The Twelve Hairpins of Jinling."
引用:
1. 《说文新附》:釵,笄属。徐铉曰:“本只作叉,此字后人所加。”
[En.] From "Shuowen Xinfu": A hairpin is part of the hairpin family; Xu Xuan stated, "It originally was only a fork, this character was later added by others."
2. 唐·白居易《长恨歌》:鈿合金釵寄將去。
[En.] From Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Regret": The gold hairpin is being given away.
附例:
又如: 釵釧 (泛指妇女的饰物)
[En.] Another example: hairpin accessories (referring broadly to female ornaments).