Chinese Character 抬 Meanings and components.

Form

抬

Meaning

抬 meaning[3] in English

To Lift.

To Raise.

(Of Two Or More Persons) To Carry.

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Main Components

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

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 QIR

How to write 抬

To write抬tai2to lift you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 台tai2Taiwan (abbr.) arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 台 = 抬

抬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

抬
Pinyin:tai2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Lift . To Raise . (Of Two Or More Persons) To Carry
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
台
Pinyin:tai2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Taiwan (Abbr.) . Surname Tai
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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