Chinese Character 丢 Meanings and components.

Form

丢

Meaning

丢 meaning[3] in English

To Lose.

To Put Aside.

To Throw.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 丢 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are ninth of the … (壬) , and old variant of … (厶)

Its radical[1] is: 一 (yi1) which means: 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, .一yi1one

In cangjie it is written with HGI

How to write 丢

To write丢diu1to lose you should write a combination of 壬ren2ninth of … , 厶si1old variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

壬 + 厶 = 丢

丢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

丢
Pinyin:diu1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Lose . To Put Aside . To Throw
壬
Pinyin:ren2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ninth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Ninth In Order . Letter 'I' Or Roman 'Ix' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 345° . Nona
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

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

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

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