Chinese Character 夙 Meanings and components.

Form

夙

Meaning

夙 meaning[3] in English

Morning.

Early.

Long-Held.

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Main Components

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

Its radical[1] is: 夕 (xi1) which means: Dusk, Evening, Taiwan Pr. [Xi4], .夕xi1dusk

In cangjie it is written with HNMNI

How to write 夙

To write夙su4morning you should write a combination of 几ji3small table , 歹dai3bad arranged in a 回 shape:

几 + 歹 = 夙

夙 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

夙
Pinyin:su4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Morning . Early . Long-Held . Long-Cherished
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
歹
Pinyin:dai3
Meaning[3]: Bad . Wicked . Evil . Kangxi Radical 78
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

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

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

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