Chinese Character 扛 Meanings and components.

Form

扛

Meaning

扛 meaning[3] in English

To Raise Aloft With Both Hands.

(Of Two Or More People) To Carry Sth Together.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 扛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and work (工)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QM

How to write 扛

To write扛kang2to raise … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 工gong1work arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 工 = 扛

扛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

扛
Pinyin:kang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Raise Aloft With Both Hands . (Of Two Or More People) To Carry Sth Together
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor

Notes

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

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

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