Chinese Character 扳 Meanings and components.

Form

扳

Meaning

扳 meaning[3] in English

To Pull.

To Turn (Sth) Around.

To Turn Around (A Situation).

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Main Components

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

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 QHE

How to write 扳

To write扳ban1to pull you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 反fan3contrary arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 反 = 扳

扳 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

扳
Pinyin:ban1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pull . To Turn (Sth) Around . To Turn Around (A Situation) . To Recoup
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
反
Pinyin:fan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Contrary . In Reverse . Inside Out Or Upside Down . To Reverse . To Return . To Oppose . Opposite . Against . Anti- . To Rebel . To Use Analogy . Instead . Abbr. For 反切[Fan3 Qie4] Phonetic System
⺁
Pinyin:⺁
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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