Chinese Character 娶 Meanings and components.

Form

娶

Meaning

娶 meaning[3] in English

To Take A Wife.

To Marry (A Woman).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 娶 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to take (取) , and female (女)

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

In cangjie it is written with SEV

How to write 娶

To write娶qu3to take … you should write a combination of 取qu3to take , 女nv3female arranged in a 吕 shape:

取 + 女 = 娶

娶 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

娶
Pinyin:qu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Take A Wife . To Marry (A Woman)
取
Pinyin:qu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Take . To Get . To Choose . To Fetch
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

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

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

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