Chinese Character 匍 Meanings and components.

Form

匍

Meaning

匍 meaning[3] in English

Crawl.

Lie Prostrate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 匍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are archaic variant of … (勹) , and (classical) barely (甫)

Its radical[1] is: 勹 (bao1) which means: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1], .勹bao1archaic variant …

In cangjie it is written with PIJB

How to write 匍

To write匍pu2crawl you should write a combination of 勹bao1archaic variant … , 甫fu3(classical) barely arranged in a 回 shape:

勹 + 甫 = 匍

匍 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

匍
Pinyin:pu2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Crawl . Lie Prostrate
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
甫
Pinyin:fu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: (Classical) Barely . Just . Just Now

Notes

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

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

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