Chinese Character 促 Meanings and components.

Form

促

Meaning

促 meaning[3] in English

Urgent.

Hurried.

To Urge.

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Main Components

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

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 ORYO

How to write 促

To write促cu4urgent you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 足zu2excessive arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 足 = 促

促 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

促
Pinyin:cu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Urgent . Hurried . To Urge . To Promote . To Urge Haste . Close . Intimate
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]
足
Pinyin:zu2
Meaning[3]: Excessive
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
龰
Pinyin:龰5 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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