Chinese Character 廓 Meanings and components.

Form

廓

Meaning

廓 meaning[3] in English

Big.

Empty.

Open.

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Main Components

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

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 IYDL

How to write 廓

To write廓kuo4big you should write a combination of 广guang3'house on … , 郭guo1surname Guo arranged in a 吕 shape:

广 + 郭 = 廓

廓 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

廓
Pinyin:kuo4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Big . Empty . Open
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
郭
Pinyin:guo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Guo
享
Pinyin:xiang3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Enjoy . To Benefit . To Have The Use Of
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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