Chinese Character 挪 Meanings and components.

Form

挪

Meaning

挪 meaning[3] in English

To Shift.

To Move.

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Main Components

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

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 QSQL

How to write 挪

To write挪nuo2to shift you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 那na4surname Na arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 那 = 挪

挪 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

挪
Pinyin:nuo2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Shift . To Move
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
那
Pinyin:na4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Na
冄
Pinyin:ran3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 冉[Ran3]
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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