Chinese Character 匏 Meanings and components.

Form

匏

Meaning

匏 meaning[3] in English

Bottle Gourd.

Lagenaria Vulgaris.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 匏 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are see 夸克[kua1 ke4] (夸) , and surname Bao (包)

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

In cangjie it is written with KSPRU

How to write 匏

To write匏pao2bottle gourd you should write a combination of 夸kua1see 夸克[kua1 … , 包bao1surname Bao arranged in a 吅 shape:

夸 + 包 = 匏

匏 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

匏
Pinyin:pao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Bottle Gourd . Lagenaria Vulgaris
夸
Pinyin:kua1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: See 夸克[Kua1 Ke4]
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
亏
Pinyin:kui1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Deficiency . Deficit . Luckily . It'S Lucky That... . (Often Ironically) Fancy That...
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
丂
Pinyin:kao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 'Breath' Or 'Sigh' Component In Chinese Characters
包
Pinyin:bao1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Bao
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
巳
Pinyin:si4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 6th Earthly Branch: 9-11 A.M., 4th Solar Month (5th May-5th June), Year Of The Snake . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 150°

Notes

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

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

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