Chinese Character 扼 Meanings and components.

Form

扼

Meaning

扼 meaning[3] in English

To Grip Forcefully.

To Clutch At.

To Guard.

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Main Components

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

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 QMSU

How to write 扼

To write扼e4to grip … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 厄e4distressed arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 厄 = 扼

扼 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

扼
Pinyin:e4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Grip Forcefully . To Clutch At . To Guard . To Control . To Hold
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
厄
Pinyin:e4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Distressed
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
㔾
Pinyin:xian1
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

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

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

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