Chinese Character 拽 Meanings and components.

Form

拽

Meaning

拽 meaning[3] in English

To Drag.

To Haul.

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Main Components

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

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 QLWP

How to write 拽

To write拽zhuai1to drag you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 曳ye4to drag arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 曳 = 拽

拽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

拽
Pinyin:zhuai1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Drag . To Haul
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
曳
Pinyin:ye4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Drag . To Pull . Taiwan Pr. [Yi4]

Notes

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

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

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