Chinese Character 垢 Meanings and components.

Form

垢

Meaning

垢 meaning[3] in English

Dirt.

Disgrace.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with GHMR

How to write 垢

To write垢gou4dirt you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 后hou4surname Hou arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 后 = 垢

垢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

垢
Pinyin:gou4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dirt . Disgrace
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
后
Pinyin:hou4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Hou
⺁
Pinyin:⺁
𠮛
Pinyin:𠮛5 Shape:吕
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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