Chinese Character 佛 Meanings and components.

Form

佛

Meaning

佛 meaning[3] in English

Buddha.

Buddhism.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 佛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and not (弗)

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 OLLN

How to write 佛

To write佛fu2Buddha you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 弗fu2not arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 弗 = 佛

佛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

佛
Pinyin:fu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Buddha . Buddhism
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]
弗
Pinyin:fu2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Not
弓
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

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

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

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