Chinese Character 國 Meanings and components.

Form

國

Meaning

國 meaning[3] in English

Surname Guo.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with WIRM

How to write 國

To write國guo2surname Guo you should write a combination of 囗wei2enclosure , 或huo4maybe arranged in a 回 shape:

囗 + 或 = 國

國 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

國
Pinyin:guo2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Guo
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
或
Pinyin:huo4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Maybe . Perhaps . Might . Possibly . Or
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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