Chinese Character 伍 Meanings and components.

Form

伍

Meaning

伍 meaning[3] in English

Surname Wu.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 伍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and five (五)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OMDM

How to write 伍

To write伍wu3surname Wu you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 五wu3five arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 五 = 伍

伍 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

伍
Pinyin:wu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
五
Pinyin:wu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Five . 5

Notes

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

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

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