Chinese Character 哺 Meanings and components.

Form

哺

Meaning

哺 meaning[3] in English

To Feed.

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Main Components

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

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 RIJB

How to write 哺

To write哺bu3to feed you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 甫fu3(classical) barely arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 甫 = 哺

哺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

哺
Pinyin:bu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Feed
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
甫
Pinyin:fu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: (Classical) Barely . Just . Just Now

Notes

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

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

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