Chinese Character 囚 Meanings and components.

Form

囚

Meaning

囚 meaning[3] in English

Prisoner.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 囚 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are enclosure (囗) , and man (人)

Its radical[1] is: 囗 (wei2) which means: Enclosure, .囗wei2enclosure

In cangjie it is written with WO

How to write 囚

To write囚qiu2prisoner you should write a combination of 囗wei2enclosure , 人ren2man arranged in a 回 shape:

囗 + 人 = 囚

囚 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

囚
Pinyin:qiu2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Prisoner
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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