Chinese Character 挡 Meanings and components.

Form

挡

Meaning

挡 meaning[3] in English

To Resist.

To Obstruct.

To Hinder.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 挡 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and (onom.) dong (当)

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 QFSM

How to write 挡

To write挡dang3to resist you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 当dang1(onom.) dong arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 当 = 挡

挡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

挡
Pinyin:dang3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Resist . To Obstruct . To Hinder . To Keep Off . To Block (A Blow) . To Get In The Way Of . Cover . Gear (E.G. In A Car'S Transmission)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
当
Pinyin:dang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Onom.) Dong . Ding Dong (Bell)
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
彐
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Pig Snout (Kangxi Radical 58)

Notes

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

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

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