Chinese Character 国 Meanings and components.

Form

国

Meaning

国 meaning[3] in English

Surname Guo.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with WMGI

How to write 国

To write国guo2surname Guo you should write a combination of 囗wei2enclosure , 玉yu4jade arranged in a 回 shape:

囗 + 玉 = 国

国 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

国
Pinyin:guo2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Guo
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
玉
Pinyin:yu4
Meaning[3]: Jade
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang
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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