Chinese Character 哟 Meanings and components.

Form

哟

Meaning

哟 meaning[3] in English

Oh! (Interjection Indicating Slight Surprise).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 哟 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and to weigh in … (约)

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 RVMI

How to write 哟

To write哟yo1Oh! (interjection … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 约yue1to weigh … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 约 = 哟

哟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

哟
Pinyin:yo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Oh! (Interjection Indicating Slight Surprise)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
约
Pinyin:yue1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Weigh In A Balance Or On A Scale
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
勺
Pinyin:shao2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Spoon . Ladle . Cl:把[Ba3] . Abbr. For 公勺[Gong1 Shao2], Centiliter (Unit Of Volume)
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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