Chinese Character 挥 Meanings and components.

Form

挥

Meaning

挥 meaning[3] in English

To Wave.

To Brandish.

To Command.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 挥 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and (bound form) army (军)

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 QBKQ

How to write 挥

To write挥hui1to wave you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 军jun1(bound form) … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 军 = 挥

挥 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

挥
Pinyin:hui1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Wave . To Brandish . To Command . To Conduct . To Scatter . To Disperse
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
军
Pinyin:jun1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Bound Form) Army . Military
冖
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: 'Cover' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 14), Occurring In 軍|军[Jun1], 冠[Guan1] Etc, Known As 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[Tu1 Bao3 Gai4] Or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[Ping2 Bao3 Gai4]
车
Pinyin:che1
Meaning[3]: Surname Che

Notes

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

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

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