Chinese Character 呱 Meanings and components.

Form

呱

Meaning

呱 meaning[3] in English

Crying Sound Of Child.

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Main Components

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

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 RHVO

How to write 呱

To write呱gu1crying sound … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 瓜gua1melon arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 瓜 = 呱

呱 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

呱
Pinyin:gu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Crying Sound Of Child
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
瓜
Pinyin:gua1
Meaning[3]: Melon . Gourd . Squash

Notes

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

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

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