Chinese Character 凿 Meanings and components.

Form

凿

Meaning

凿 meaning[3] in English

Chisel.

To Bore A Hole.

To Chisel Or Dig.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 凿 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are thick grass (丵) , and receptacle (凵)

Its radical[1] is: 凵 (qian3) which means: Receptacle, .凵qian3receptacle

In cangjie it is written with TCTU

How to write 凿

To write凿zao2chisel you should write a combination of 丵zhuo2thick grass , 凵qian3receptacle arranged in a 吕 shape:

丵 + 凵 = 凿

凿 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

凿
Pinyin:zao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Chisel . To Bore A Hole . To Chisel Or Dig . (Literary) (Bound Form) Certain . Authentic . Irrefutable . Also Pr. [Zuo4]
丵
Pinyin:zhuo2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thick Grass . 'Bush' Component In Chinese Characters
业
Pinyin:ye4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Ye
𢆉
Pinyin:ren3 Shape:吕
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
一
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
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
凵
Pinyin:qian3
Meaning[3]: Receptacle

Notes

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

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

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