Chinese Character 挖 Meanings and components.

Form

挖

Meaning

挖 meaning[3] in English

To Dig.

To Excavate.

To Scoop Out.

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Main Components

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

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 QJCN

How to write 挖

To write挖wa1to dig you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 穵wa1to dig arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 穵 = 挖

挖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

挖
Pinyin:wa1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Dig . To Excavate . To Scoop Out
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
穵
Pinyin:wa1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Dig . To Scoop Out
穴
Pinyin:xue2
Meaning[3]: Cave . Cavity . Hole . Acupuncture Point . Taiwan Pr. [Xue4]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
乙
Pinyin:yi3
Meaning[3]: Second Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Second In Order . Letter 'B' Or Roman 'Ii' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Second Party (In Legal Contract, Usually 乙方[Yi3 Fang1], As Opposed To 甲方[Jia3 Fang1]) . Ethyl . Bent . Winding . Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 5) . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 105°

Notes

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

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

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