Chinese Character 匠 Meanings and components.

Form

匠

Meaning

匠 meaning[3] in English

Craftsman.

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Main Components

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

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 SHML

How to write 匠

To write匠jiang4craftsman you should write a combination of 匚fang1'right open … , 斤jin1catty arranged in a 回 shape:

匚 + 斤 = 匠

匠 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

匠
Pinyin:jiang4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Craftsman
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G

Notes

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

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

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