Chinese Character 庙 Meanings and components.

Form

庙

Meaning

庙 meaning[3] in English

Temple.

Ancestral Shrine.

Cl:座[Zuo4].

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Main Components

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

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 ILW

How to write 庙

To write庙miao4temple you should write a combination of 广guang3'house on … , 由you2to follow arranged in a 吕 shape:

广 + 由 = 庙

庙 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

庙
Pinyin:miao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Temple . Ancestral Shrine . Cl:座[Zuo4] . Temple Fair . Great Imperial Hall . Imperial
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
由
Pinyin:you2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Follow . From . Because Of . Due To . By . Via . Through . (Before A Noun And A Verb) It Is For ... To ...
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
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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