Chinese Character 抗 Meanings and components.

Form

抗

Meaning

抗 meaning[3] in English

To Resist.

To Fight.

To Defy.

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Main Components

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

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 QYHN

How to write 抗

To write抗kang4to resist you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 亢kang4surname Kang arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 亢 = 抗

抗 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

抗
Pinyin:kang4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Resist . To Fight . To Defy . Anti-
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
亢
Pinyin:kang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Kang . Kang, One Of The 28 Constellations
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table

Notes

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

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

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