Chinese Character 批 Meanings and components.

Form

批

Meaning

批 meaning[3] in English

To Ascertain.

To Act On.

To Criticize.

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Main Components

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

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 QPP

How to write 批

To write批pi1to ascertain you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 比bi3Belgium arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 比 = 批

批 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

批
Pinyin:pi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Ascertain . To Act On . To Criticize . To Pass On . Classifier For Batches, Lots, Military Flights . Tier (For The Ranking Of Universities And Colleges)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
比
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Belgium . Belgian . Abbr. For 比利時|比利时[Bi3 Li4 Shi2]
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

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

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

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