Chinese Character 徐 Meanings and components.

Form

徐

Meaning

徐 meaning[3] in English

Surname Xu.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 徐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and surname Yu (余)

Its radical[1] is: 彳 (chi4) which means: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60), See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4], .彳chi4step with …

In cangjie it is written with HOOMD

How to write 徐

To write徐xu2surname Xu you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 余yu2surname Yu arranged in a 吅 shape:

彳 + 余 = 徐

徐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

徐
Pinyin:xu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Xu
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
余
Pinyin:yu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
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
朩
Pinyin:deng3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Pin'), An Ancient Korean Writing System

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 徐in English or Chinese