Chinese Character 培 Meanings and components.

Form

培

Meaning

培 meaning[3] in English

To Bank Up With Earth.

To Cultivate (Lit. Or Fig.).

To Train (People).

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Main Components

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

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

How to write 培

To write培pei2to bank … you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 咅pou3pooh arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 咅 = 培

培 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

培
Pinyin:pei2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Bank Up With Earth . To Cultivate (Lit. Or Fig.) . To Train (People)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
咅
Pinyin:pou3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Pooh . Pah . Bah . (Today Used As A Phonetic Component In 部[Bu4], 倍[Bei4], 培[Pei2], 剖[Pou1] Etc)
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
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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