Chinese Character 扂 Meanings and components.

Form

扂

Meaning

扂 meaning[3] in English

Door Latch.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 扂 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are a household (戶) , and variant of 占[zhan4] (占)

Its radical[1] is: 戶 (hu4) which means: A Household, Door, Family, .戶hu4a household

In cangjie it is written with HSYR

How to write 扂

To write扂dian4door latch you should write a combination of 戶hu4a household , 占zhan4variant of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

戶 + 占 = 扂

扂 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

扂
Pinyin:dian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Door Latch
戶
Pinyin:hu4
Meaning[3]: A Household . Door . Family
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
占
Pinyin:zhan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 占[Zhan4]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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