Chinese Character 塌 Meanings and components.

Form

塌

Meaning

塌 meaning[3] in English

To Collapse.

To Droop.

To Settle Down.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with GASM

How to write 塌

To write塌ta1to collapse you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 𦐇ta4 arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 𦐇 = 塌

塌 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

塌
Pinyin:ta1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Collapse . To Droop . To Settle Down
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
𦐇
Pinyin:ta4 Shape:吕
羽
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Feather . 5th Note In Pentatonic Scale
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
冃
Pinyin:mao4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 帽[Mao4] . Hat . Cap
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]
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

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

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

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