Chinese Character 吹 Meanings and components.

Form

吹

Meaning

吹 meaning[3] in English

To Blow.

To Play A Wind Instrument.

To Blast.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 吹 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and deficient (欠)

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 RNO

How to write 吹

To write吹chui1to blow you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 欠qian4deficient arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 欠 = 吹

吹 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

吹
Pinyin:chui1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Blow . To Play A Wind Instrument . To Blast . To Puff . To Boast . To Brag . To End In Failure . To Fall Through
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

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

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

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