Chinese Character 壺 Meanings and components.

Form

壺

Meaning

壺 meaning[3] in English

Pot.

Classifier For Bottled Liquid.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 壺 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are Tu (ethnic group) (土) , Asia (亞) , and (*)

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

In cangjie it is written with GBLM

How to write 壺

To write壺hu2pot you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 亞ya4Asia ** arranged in a 冖 shape:

土 + 亞 + * = 壺

壺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

壺
Pinyin:hu2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Pot . Classifier For Bottled Liquid
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
亞
Pinyin:ya4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Asia . Asian . Taiwan Pr. [Ya3]
*
Pinyin:*

Notes

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

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

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