Chinese Character 偷 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

偷 meaning[3] in English

To Steal.

To Pilfer.

To Snatch.

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with OOMN

How to write 偷

To writetou1to steal you should write a combination of ren2'person' radical … , yu2surname Yu arranged in a shape:

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偷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:tou1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Steal . To Pilfer . To Snatch . Thief . Stealthily

Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)

Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Pinyin:yu2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu

Pinyin:ji2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]

Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: 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

Pinyin:yue4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Amputate One Or Both Feet (Punishment In Imperial China) . See Also 五刑[Wu3 Xing2]

Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

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: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 偷in English or Chinese