Chinese Character 拄 Meanings and components.

Form

拄

Meaning

拄 meaning[3] in English

To Lean On.

To Prop On.

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Main Components

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

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 QYG

How to write 拄

To write拄zhu3to lean … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 主zhu3owner arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 主 = 拄

拄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

拄
Pinyin:zhu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Lean On . To Prop On
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
主
Pinyin:zhu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Owner . Master . Host . Individual Or Party Concerned . God . Lord . Main . To Indicate Or Signify . Trump Card (In Card Games)
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang

Notes

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

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

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