Chinese Character 挑 Meanings and components.

Form

挑

Meaning

挑 meaning[3] in English

To Carry On A Shoulder Pole.

To Choose.

To Pick.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 挑 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Zhao (兆)

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 QLMO

How to write 挑

To write挑tiao1to carry … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 兆zhao4surname Zhao arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 兆 = 挑

挑 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

挑
Pinyin:tiao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Carry On A Shoulder Pole . To Choose . To Pick . To Nitpick
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
兆
Pinyin:zhao4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhao

Notes

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

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

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