Chinese Character 坼 Meanings and components.

Form

坼

Meaning

坼 meaning[3] in English

To Crack.

To Split.

To Break.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 坼 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and to blame (斥)

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

In cangjie it is written with GHMY

How to write 坼

To write坼che4to crack you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 斥chi4to blame arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 斥 = 坼

坼 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

坼
Pinyin:che4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Crack . To Split . To Break . To Chap
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
斥
Pinyin:chi4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Blame . To Reprove . To Reprimand . To Expel . To Oust . To Reconnoiter . (Of Territory) To Expand . Saline Marsh
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G
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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