Chinese Character 咂 Meanings and components.

Form

咂

Meaning

咂 meaning[3] in English

To Sip.

To Smack One's Lips.

To Taste.

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Main Components

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

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 RSLB

How to write 咂

To write咂za1to sip you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 匝za1circuit arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 匝 = 咂

咂 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

咂
Pinyin:za1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Sip . To Smack One'S Lips . To Taste . To Savor
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
匝
Pinyin:za1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Circuit . To Surround . To Extend (Everywhere)
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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