Chinese Character 弩 Meanings and components.

Form

弩

Meaning

弩 meaning[3] in English

Crossbow.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 弩 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are slave (奴) , and surname Gong (弓)

Its radical[1] is: 弓 (gong1) which means: Surname Gong, .弓gong1surname Gong

In cangjie it is written with VEN

How to write 弩

To write弩nu3crossbow you should write a combination of 奴nu2slave , 弓gong1surname Gong arranged in a 吕 shape:

奴 + 弓 = 弩

弩 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

弩
Pinyin:nu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Crossbow
奴
Pinyin:nu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Slave
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
弓
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong

Notes

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

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

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