Chinese Character 拱 Meanings and components.

Form

拱

Meaning

拱 meaning[3] in English

To Cup One's Hands In Salute.

To Surround.

To Arch.

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Main Components

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

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 QTC

How to write 拱

To write拱gong3to cup … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 共gong4common arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 共 = 拱

拱 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

拱
Pinyin:gong3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cup One'S Hands In Salute . To Surround . To Arch . To Dig Earth With The Snout . Arched
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
共
Pinyin:gong4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Common . General . To Share . Together . Total . Altogether . Abbr. For 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 Chan3 Dang3], Communist Party
廿
Pinyin:nian4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Twenty (20), In A Limited Number Of Set Expressions . Also Written Using Banker'S Character 念
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined

Notes

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

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

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