Chinese Character 抻 Meanings and components.

Form

抻

Meaning

抻 meaning[3] in English

To Pull.

To Stretch.

To Draw Sth Out.

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Main Components

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

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 QLWL

How to write 抻

To write抻chen1to pull you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 申shen1old name … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 申 = 抻

抻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

抻
Pinyin:chen1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pull . To Stretch . To Draw Sth Out
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
申
Pinyin:shen1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Old Name For Shanghai 上海[Shang4 Hai3] . Surname Shen
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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