Chinese Character 嗽 Meanings and components.

Form

嗽

Meaning

嗽 meaning[3] in English

Cough.

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Main Components

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

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 RDLO

How to write 嗽

To write嗽sou4cough you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 欶shuo4to suck arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 欶 = 嗽

嗽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嗽
Pinyin:sou4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cough
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
欶
Pinyin:shuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Suck . To Drink
束
Pinyin:shu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

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

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

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