Chinese Character 匝 Meanings and components.

Form

匝

Meaning

匝 meaning[3] in English

Circuit.

To Surround.

To Extend (Everywhere).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 匝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'right open box' … (匚) , and towel (巾)

Its radical[1] is: 匚 (fang1) which means: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc, .匚fang1'right open …

In cangjie it is written with SLB

How to write 匝

To write匝za1circuit you should write a combination of 匚fang1'right open … , 巾jin1towel arranged in a 回 shape:

匚 + 巾 = 匝

匝 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

匝
Pinyin:za1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Circuit . To Surround . To Extend (Everywhere)
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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