Chinese Character 套 Meanings and components.

Form

套

Meaning

套 meaning[3] in English

To Cover.

To Encase.

Cover.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 套 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are big (大) , and 'long' or 'to … (镸)

Its radical[1] is: 大 (da4) which means: Big, Huge, Large, Major, Great, Wide, Deep, Older (Than), Oldest, Eldest, Greatly, Very Much, (Dialect) Father, Father's Elder Or Younger Brother, .大da4big

In cangjie it is written with KSMI

How to write 套

To write套tao4to cover you should write a combination of 大da4big , 镸chang2'long' or … arranged in a 吕 shape:

大 + 镸 = 套

套 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

套
Pinyin:tao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Cover . To Encase . Cover . Sheath . To Overlap . To Interleave . To Model After . To Copy . Formula . Harness . Loop Of Rope . (Fig.) To Fish For . To Obtain Slyly . Classifier For Sets, Collections . Bend (Of A River Or Mountain Range, In Place Names) . Tau (Greek Letter Ττ)
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
镸
Pinyin:chang2
Meaning[3]: 'Long' Or 'To Grow' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 168)

Notes

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

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

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