Chinese Character 护 Meanings and components.

Form

护

Meaning

护 meaning[3] in English

To Protect.

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Main Components

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

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 QIS

How to write 护

To write护hu4to protect you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 户hu4a household arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 户 = 护

护 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

护
Pinyin:hu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Protect
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
户
Pinyin:hu4
Meaning[3]: A Household . Door . Family
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse

Notes

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

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

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