Chinese Character 挐 Meanings and components.

Form

挐

Meaning

挐 meaning[3] in English

To Apprehend.

To Take.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 挐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are as (如) , and hand (手)

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 VRQ

How to write 挐

To write挐na2to apprehend you should write a combination of 如ru2as , 手shou3hand arranged in a 吕 shape:

如 + 手 = 挐

挐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

挐
Pinyin:na2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Apprehend . To Take
如
Pinyin:ru2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: As . As If . Such As
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
手
Pinyin:shou3
Meaning[3]: 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]

Notes

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

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

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