Chinese Character 抓 Meanings and components.

Form

抓

Meaning

抓 meaning^[3] in English

To Grab.

To Catch.

To Arrest.

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Main Components

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

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 QHLO

How to write 抓

To write抓zhua1to grab you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 爪zhao3foot of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 爪 = 抓

抓 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

抓

Pinyin:zhua1 Shape:吅

Meaning^[3]: To Grab . To Catch . To Arrest . To Snatch . To Scratch

扌

Pinyin:shou5

Meaning^[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc

爪

Pinyin:zhao3

Meaning^[3]: Foot Of A Bird Or Animal . Paw . Claws . Talons

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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