Chinese Character 扭 Meanings and components.

Form

扭

Meaning

扭 meaning^[3] in English

To Turn.

To Twist.

To Wring.

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Main Components

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

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 QNG

How to write 扭

To write扭niu3to turn you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 丑chou3surname Chou arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 丑 = 扭

扭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

扭

Pinyin:niu3 Shape:吅

Meaning^[3]: To Turn . To Twist . To Wring . To Sprain . To Swing One'S Hips

扌

Pinyin:shou5

Meaning^[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc

丑

Pinyin:chou3 Shape:一

Meaning^[3]: Surname Chou

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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