Chinese Character 抄 Meanings and components.

Form

抄

Meaning

抄 meaning[3] in English

To Make A Copy.

To Plagiarize.

To Search And Seize.

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Main Components

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

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 QFH

How to write 抄

To write抄chao1to make … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 少shao3few arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 少 = 抄

抄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

抄
Pinyin:chao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Make A Copy . To Plagiarize . To Search And Seize . To Raid . To Grab . To Go Off With . To Take A Shortcut . To Make A Turning Move . To Fold One'S Arms
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
少
Pinyin:shao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Few . Less . To Lack . To Be Missing . To Stop (Doing Sth) . Seldom
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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