Chinese Character 属 Meanings and components.

Form

属

Meaning

属 meaning[3] in English

Category.

Genus (Taxonomy).

Family Members.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 属 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are person representing the … (尸) , and Yu the Great … (禹)

Its radical[1] is: 尸 (shi1) which means: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies), To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution), Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1], Corpse, .尸shi1person representing …

In cangjie it is written with SHLB

How to write 属

To write属shu3category you should write a combination of 尸shi1person representing … , 禹yu3Yu the … arranged in a 吕 shape:

尸 + 禹 = 属

属 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

属
Pinyin:shu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Category . Genus (Taxonomy) . Family Members . Dependents . To Belong To . Subordinate To . Affiliated With . Be Born In The Year Of (One Of The 12 Animals) . To Be . To Prove To Be . To Constitute
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
禹
Pinyin:yu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Yu The Great (C. 21st Century Bc), Mythical Leader Who Tamed The Floods . Surname Yu
䖝
Pinyin:chong2 Shape:吕
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic
⺆
Pinyin:⺆

Notes

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

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

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