Chinese Character 崴 Meanings and components.

Form

崴

Meaning

崴 meaning[3] in English

To Sprain (One's Ankle).

See 崴子[Wai3 Zi5].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 崴 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shan (山) , and power (威)

Its radical[1] is: 山 (shan1) which means: Surname Shan, .山shan1surname Shan

In cangjie it is written with UIHV

How to write 崴

To write崴wai3to sprain … you should write a combination of 山shan1surname Shan , 威wei1power arranged in a 吕 shape:

山 + 威 = 崴

崴 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

崴
Pinyin:wai3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Sprain (One'S Ankle) . See 崴子[Wai3 Zi5]
山
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan
威
Pinyin:wei1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Power . Might . Prestige
戌
Pinyin:xu1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: See 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[Qu1 Qu5 Er5]
戊
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fifth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Fifth In Order . Letter 'E' Or Roman 'V' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Penta
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
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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