Chinese Character 堡 Meanings and components.

Form

堡

Meaning

堡 meaning[3] in English

An Earthwork.

Castle.

Position Of Defense.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with ODG

How to write 堡

To write堡bao3an earthwork you should write a combination of 保bao3Bulgaria , 土tu3Tu (ethnic … arranged in a 吕 shape:

保 + 土 = 堡

堡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

堡
Pinyin:bao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: An Earthwork . Castle . Position Of Defense . Stronghold . Used In Place Names, Often As Phonetic Bao For 'Burg' Or 'Bad'
保
Pinyin:bao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Bulgaria . Bulgarian . Abbr. For 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 Jia1 Li4 Ya4]
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
呆
Pinyin:dai1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Foolish . Stupid . Expressionless . Blank . To Stay
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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