Chinese Character 布 Meanings and components.

Form

布

Meaning

布 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 布[Bu4].

To Announce.

To Spread.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 布 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𠂇) , and towel (巾)

Its radical[1] is: 巾 (jin1) which means: Towel, General Purpose Cloth, Women's Headcovering (Old), Kangxi Radical 50, .巾jin1towel

In cangjie it is written with KLB

How to write 布

To write布bu4variant of … you should write a combination of 𠂇zuo3 , 巾jin1towel arranged in a 吕 shape:

𠂇 + 巾 = 布

布 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

布
Pinyin:bu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 布[Bu4] . To Announce . To Spread
𠂇
Pinyin:zuo3 Shape:+
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
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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