Chinese Character 哨 Meanings and components.

Form

哨

Meaning

哨 meaning[3] in English

A Whistle.

Sentry.

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Main Components

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

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 RFB

How to write 哨

To write哨shao4a whistle you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 肖xiao4surname Xiao arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 肖 = 哨

哨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

哨
Pinyin:shao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: A Whistle . Sentry
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
肖
Pinyin:xiao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiao . Taiwan Pr. [Xiao4]
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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