Chinese Character 坏 Meanings and components.

Form

坏

Meaning

坏 meaning^[3] in English

Bad.

Spoiled.

Broken.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 坏 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and (negative prefix) (不)

Its radical^[1] is: 土 (tu3) which means: Tu (Ethnic Group), Surname Tu, .土tu3Tu (ethnic …

In cangjie it is written with GMF

How to write 坏

To write坏huai4bad you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 不bu4(negative prefix) arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 不 = 坏

坏 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

坏

Pinyin:huai4 Shape:吅

Meaning^[3]: Bad . Spoiled . Broken . To Break Down . (Suffix) To The Utmost

土

Pinyin:tu3

Meaning^[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

不

Pinyin:bu4 Shape:一

Meaning^[3]: (Negative Prefix) . Not . No

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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