Chinese Character 姥 Meanings and components.

Form

姥

Meaning

姥 meaning[3] in English

Grandma (Maternal).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 姥 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and prefix used before … (老)

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VJKP

How to write 姥

To write姥lao3grandma (maternal) you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 老lao3prefix used … arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 老 = 姥

姥 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

姥
Pinyin:lao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Grandma (Maternal)
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
老
Pinyin:lao3
Meaning[3]: Prefix Used Before The Surname Of A Person Or A Numeral Indicating The Order Of Birth Of The Children In A Family Or To Indicate Affection Or Familiarity . Old (Of People) . Venerable (Person) . Experienced . Of Long Standing . Always . All The Time . Of The Past . Very . Outdated . (Of Meat Etc) Tough
耂
Pinyin:lao3
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

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

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

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