Chinese Character 匐 Meanings and components.

Form

匐

Meaning

匐 meaning[3] in English

To Fall Prostrate.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with PMRW

How to write 匐

To write匐fu2to fall … you should write a combination of 勹bao1archaic variant … , 畐fu2 arranged in a 回 shape:

勹 + 畐 = 匐

匐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

匐
Pinyin:fu2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Fall Prostrate
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
畐
Pinyin:fu2 Shape:吕
𠮛
Pinyin:𠮛5 Shape:吕
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
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian

Notes

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

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

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