Chinese Character 宇 Meanings and components.

Form

宇

Meaning

宇 meaning[3] in English

Room.

Universe.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 宇 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , and surname Yu (于)

Its radical[1] is: 宀 (mian2) which means: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc, See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4], .宀mian2'roof' radical …

In cangjie it is written with JMD

How to write 宇

To write宇yu3room you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 于yu2surname Yu arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 于 = 宇

宇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

宇
Pinyin:yu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Room . Universe
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
于
Pinyin:yu2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]

Notes

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

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

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