Chinese Character 挚 Meanings and components.

Form

挚

Meaning

挚 meaning[3] in English

Surname Zhi.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 挚 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to execute (a … (执) , 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 QIQ

How to write 挚

To write挚zhi4surname Zhi you should write a combination of 执zhi2to execute … , 手shou3hand arranged in a 吕 shape:

执 + 手 = 挚

挚 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

挚
Pinyin:zhi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhi
执
Pinyin:zhi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Execute (A Plan) . To Grasp
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
丸
Pinyin:wan2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Ball . Pellet . Pill
九
Pinyin:jiu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Nine . 9
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
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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