Chinese Character 幗 Meanings and components.

Form

幗

Meaning

幗 meaning[3] in English

Cap Worn By Women.

Feminine.

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Main Components

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

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 LBWIM

How to write 幗

To write幗guo2cap worn … you should write a combination of 巾jin1towel , 國guo2surname Guo arranged in a 吅 shape:

巾 + 國 = 幗

幗 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

幗
Pinyin:guo2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cap Worn By Women . Feminine
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)
國
Pinyin:guo2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Guo
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
或
Pinyin:huo4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Maybe . Perhaps . Might . Possibly . Or
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
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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