Chinese Character 庖 Meanings and components.

Form

庖

Meaning

庖 meaning[3] in English

Kitchen.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 庖 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'house on a … (广) , and surname Bao (包)

Its radical[1] is: 广 (guang3) which means: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc, .广guang3'house on …

In cangjie it is written with IPRU

How to write 庖

To write庖pao2kitchen you should write a combination of 广guang3'house on … , 包bao1surname Bao arranged in a 吕 shape:

广 + 包 = 庖

庖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

庖
Pinyin:pao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Kitchen
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
包
Pinyin:bao1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Bao
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
巳
Pinyin:si4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 6th Earthly Branch: 9-11 A.M., 4th Solar Month (5th May-5th June), Year Of The Snake . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 150°

Notes

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

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

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