Chinese Character 壳 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

壳 meaning[3] in English

Shell.

Carapace.

Crust (Earth's Crust Etc).

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shi (士) , and small table (几)

Its radical[1] is: (shi4) which means: Surname Shi, .shi4surname Shi

In cangjie it is written with GBHN

How to write 壳

To writeke2shell you should write a combination of shi4surname Shi , ji3small table arranged in a shape:

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壳 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:ke2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Shell . Carapace . Crust (Earth'S Crust Etc) . Also Pr. [Ke2]

Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi

Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 壳in English or Chinese