Chinese Character 吐 Meanings and components.

Form

吐

Meaning

吐 meaning[3] in English

To Spit.

To Send Out (Silk From A Silkworm, Bolls From Cotton Flowers Etc).

To Say.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 吐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and Tu (ethnic group) (土)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RG

How to write 吐

To write吐tu3to spit you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 土tu3Tu (ethnic … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 土 = 吐

吐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

吐
Pinyin:tu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Spit . To Send Out (Silk From A Silkworm, Bolls From Cotton Flowers Etc) . To Say . To Pour Out (One'S Grievances)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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