Chinese Character 冢 Meanings and components.

Form

冢

Meaning

冢 meaning[3] in English

Mound.

Burial Mound.

Senior (I.E. Eldest Child Or Senior In Rank).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 冢 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'cover' radical in … (冖) , and a shackled pig (豖)

Its radical[1] is: 冖 (mi4) which means: 'Cover' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 14), Occurring In 軍|军[Jun1], 冠[Guan1] Etc, Known As 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[Tu1 Bao3 Gai4] Or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[Ping2 Bao3 Gai4], .冖mi4'cover' radical …

In cangjie it is written with BMSO

How to write 冢

To write冢zhong3mound you should write a combination of 冖mi4'cover' radical … , 豖chu4a shackled … arranged in a 吕 shape:

冖 + 豖 = 冢

冢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

冢
Pinyin:zhong3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Mound . Burial Mound . Senior (I.E. Eldest Child Or Senior In Rank)
冖
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: 'Cover' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 14), Occurring In 軍|军[Jun1], 冠[Guan1] Etc, Known As 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[Tu1 Bao3 Gai4] Or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[Ping2 Bao3 Gai4]
豖
Pinyin:chu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: A Shackled Pig
豕
Pinyin:shi3
Meaning[3]: Hog . Swine
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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