Chinese Character 叔 Meanings and components.

Form

叔

Meaning

叔 meaning[3] in English

Uncle.

Father's Younger Brother.

Husband's Younger Brother.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 叔 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are archaic variant of … (尗) , and (once) again (又)

Its radical[1] is: 又 (you4) which means: (Once) Again, Also, Both... And..., And Yet, (Used For Emphasis) Anyway, .又you4(once) again

In cangjie it is written with YFE

How to write 叔

To write叔shu1uncle you should write a combination of 尗shu1archaic variant … , 又you4(once) again arranged in a 吅 shape:

尗 + 又 = 叔

叔 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

叔
Pinyin:shu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Uncle . Father'S Younger Brother . Husband'S Younger Brother . Taiwan Pr. [Shu2]
尗
Pinyin:shu1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 菽[Shu1] . Archaic Variant Of 叔[Shu1]
上
Pinyin:shang4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: See 上聲|上声[Shang3 Sheng1]
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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