Word and Radical Components of 吉他

The Chinese word 吉他 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
吉他	jítā	1. n. (musical instrument) guitar
		彈tán 吉他 - to play the guitar
		吉他獨奏 - guitar solo

吉他 ⇨ 吉 + 他

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
吉	jí	1. auspicious; lucky
		Antonyms: 凶
		吉利 - auspicious; lucky
		2. good
		3. (Cantonese, euphemistic) empty
		Synonyms: 空
		橫掂有間房fong4-2 吉咗喺度，不如租畀人住啊。 - Since there's an empty room, why don't we rent it out?
		交吉卷 - Hand out an unanswered (empty) exam paper
		4. (Cantonese, euphemistic) emptiness; nothingness
		勞碌一生得個吉 - A lifetime of laborious hardworking amounts to nothing
		5. Short for 吉林, Jilin Province
		6. (Taiwan, internet slang) to accuse; to sue; to file a lawsuit; to press charges
		這我一定吉 - I will definitely sue for this
		7. (place, zh, t=Ji County, county, prefecture-level city/Linfen, province/Shanxi, c/China)
他	tā, tuō	1. (chiefly Mandarin Jin Xiang dialectal Wu originally gender-neutral; nowadays usually referring to males) he; him; she; her
		他去了。 - He went away.
		我認識shi 他。 - I know him.
		2. A dummy pronoun. Compare another pronoun, (m, zh, 之), that is also a topicalizer
		睡他個昏天黑地
		(Alternative form 它)
		3. other; another
		別無他求 - have no other request (formal)
		4. usage. (sense, personal pronoun)
		5. usage. * Originally gender-neutral before the 1910s, when the character she; her was coined; now usually refers to males (also occasionally refers to females).
		6. usage. ** However, 他/她/牠/它/祂 is only a written distinction; they are all still pronounced as tā.
		7. usage. * This term can refer to a person of unknown gender or there is no need to mention gender of the person referred to, while they (singular).

吉 ⇨ 士 + 口

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
士	shì	1. (obsolete) unmarried male; bachelor
		2. (obsolete) (honorific) man
		3. (obsolete) general; high-ranking military officer
		4. (obsolete) soldier; noncommissioned officer
		士兵 - soldier
		5. (historical) scholar-official (civil servant appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance)
		6. (historical) (self-appellation used by scholar-officials in ancient China, when addressing the emperor:) I; subject
		7. (historical) a social stratum in ancient China
		8. scholar; academic; intellectual; intelligentsia
		博士 - doctor; doctoral degree
		院士 - academician
		9. (honorific, obsolete) (suffix for a virtuous, knowledgeable or skilled person:) commendable person
		女士 - Lady
		護士 - nurse
		人士 - public figure
		助產士 - midwife
		10. (Chinese chess) adviser; guard; minister (usually only on the black side, in some sets on both red and black sides)
		11. (obsolete) Alternative form of 仕 (to be an official)
		12. =====Usage notes=====
		13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low la (6̣).
		Synonyms: 四
		14. Simplified form of 土
口	kǒu	1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
		漱漱你的口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
		這話出自你的口，聽來令人奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
		2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
		入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
		出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
		門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
		3. gateway
		張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
		口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
		口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
		4. hole; cut
		口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
		傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
		5. port
		電腦端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
		Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
		6. perimeter
		人口 (rénkǒu) - population
		戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
		7. government organ; department
		三口之家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
		我可以吃一口嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
		8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
		9. Variant of 名

他 ⇨ 亻 + 也

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
亻	rén	1. Side form of the person (人) radical.
亻		2. usage. Only used as a component in a character. Referred to as 單人旁.
也	yě	1. also; too; as well; (in negative sentences) neither; either
		我也去了。 - I also went.
		我也是中國人。 - I am Chinese too.
		你如果不去，我也不去。 - If you don't go, I won't either.
		我也沒有看見過它。 - I haven't seen it either.
		2. (Used for emphasis.)
		這也太不像話了。 - This is way too outrageous.
		3. (With object fronting.)
		4. 他飯也不吃，覺也不睡。 - (Disappointingly) he neither eats nor sleeps.
		5. (Used in the (m, zh, 連……也……) constructions for stronger emphasis. Interchangeable with 都.) even
		6. 他連畜生也不如，連自己的父母也不養活。 - He is no better than an animal, because he doesn't even support his own parents.
		7. (Used in the (m, zh, 再……也……) concessive constructions.) still, anyway, nevertheless
		8. 你再聰明，也回答不了liǎo 這個問題。 - No matter how smart you are, you won't be able to answer this question.
		9. (Classical) (Particle used at the end of copular constructions involving a nominal predicate;) to be (although not grammatically a verb)
		我亦人也。 - I am a person, too.
		其西有大山，天下至高者也。 - In the west there are great mountains, which are the tallest in the world.
		10. (Often used more loosely than the English copula to indicate a cause or relation.)
		11. (Classical) (Topic-marking particle used at the end of noun phrases.)
		Synonyms: 者
		12. when, at the time of; (especially commonly used for temporal topics, often as (m, zh, 及其……也).)
		13. (Classical) (Verb phrase-final particle marking continuous aspect, especially common for assertions of unchanging fact.)
		14. (Teochew) if
		15. . Ye

也 ⇨ 乜 + 丨

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
乜	miē	1. (Cantonese, Min Nan) what
		要啲乜？ - What do you want?
		愛乜個？ - tr=ain3 mih4 gai5?, What do you want?, MN-T
		2. (Cantonese) anything; everything
		乜都得 - anything goes
		3. (Cantonese) why; how come
		乜你咁傻㗎？ - How come you're so stupid?
		4. (Cantonese) (Used at the beginning of a question to give a rhetorical effect.)
		乜你未食飯㗎gaa4？ - So you haven't eaten yet?
		乜仲未有佢嘅消息咩？ - So we still don't have any news about him?
		5. =====Usage notes=====
		6. In Teochew, when used to mean "what", this word should always be immediately followed by a noun. Otherwise, use 乜個.
	miē	7. to narrow one's eyes and squint
	Niè, Miě	8. , listed 388th in the Baijiaxing
		9. (dialectal Mandarin) that
		10. (Hakka) also
丨	gǔn	1. line
丨		2. be through up and down