Chinese Character 把 Meanings and components.

Form

把

Meaning

把 meaning[3] in English

To Hold.

To Contain.

To Grasp.

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Main Components

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

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 QAU

How to write 把

To write把ba3to hold you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 巴ba1Ba state … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 巴 = 把

把 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

把
Pinyin:ba3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Hold . To Contain . To Grasp . To Take Hold Of . Handle . Particle Marking The Following Noun As A Direct Object . Classifier For Objects With Handle . Classifier For Small Objects: Handful
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
巴
Pinyin:ba1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Ba State During Zhou Dynasty (In East Of Modern Sichuan) . Abbr. For East Sichuan Or Chongqing . Surname Ba . Abbr. For Palestine Or Palestinian . Abbr. For Pakistan

Notes

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

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

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