Chinese Character 厝 Meanings and components.

Form

厝

Meaning

厝 meaning[3] in English

To Lay In Place.

To Put.

To Place A Coffin In A Temporary Location Pending Burial.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 厝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'cliff' radical in … (厂) , and surname Xi (昔)

Its radical[1] is: 厂 (chang3) which means: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc, .厂chang3'cliff' radical …

In cangjie it is written with MTA

How to write 厝

To write厝cuo4to lay … you should write a combination of 厂chang3'cliff' radical … , 昔xi1surname Xi arranged in a 吕 shape:

厂 + 昔 = 厝

厝 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

厝
Pinyin:cuo4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Lay In Place . To Put . To Place A Coffin In A Temporary Location Pending Burial
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
昔
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
龷
Pinyin:龷5
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

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

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

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