Chinese Character 抠 Meanings and components.

Form

抠

Meaning

抠 meaning[3] in English

To Dig Out.

To Pick Out (With One's Fingers).

To Carve.

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Main Components

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

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 QSK

How to write 抠

To write抠kou1to dig … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 区qu1surname Ou arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 区 = 抠

抠 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

抠
Pinyin:kou1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Dig Out . To Pick Out (With One'S Fingers) . To Carve . To Cut . To Study Meticulously . To Lift One'S Clothes . Stingy . Miserly
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
区
Pinyin:qu1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Ou
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow

Notes

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

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

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