Chinese Character 坝 Meanings and components.

Form

坝

Meaning

坝 meaning[3] in English

Dam.

Dike.

Embankment.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 坝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and surname Bei (贝)

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

In cangjie it is written with GBO

How to write 坝

To write坝ba4dam you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 贝bei4surname Bei arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 贝 = 坝

坝 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

坝
Pinyin:ba4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dam . Dike . Embankment . Cl:條|条[Tiao2]
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
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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