Chinese Character 括 Meanings and components.

Form

括

Meaning

括 meaning[3] in English

To Enclose.

To Include.

Also Pr. [Gua1].

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Main Components

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

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 QHJR

How to write 括

To write括kuo4to enclose you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 舌she2tongue arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 舌 = 括

括 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

括
Pinyin:kuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Enclose . To Include . Also Pr. [Gua1]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
舌
Pinyin:she2
Meaning[3]: Tongue
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
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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