Chinese Character 挫 Meanings and components.

Form

挫

Meaning

挫 meaning[3] in English

Obstructed.

To Fail.

To Oppress.

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Main Components

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

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 QOOG

How to write 挫

To write挫cuo4obstructed you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 坐zuo4surname Zuo arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 坐 = 挫

挫 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

挫
Pinyin:cuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Obstructed . To Fail . To Oppress . To Repress . To Lower The Tone . To Bend Back . To Dampen
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
坐
Pinyin:zuo4 Shape:咒
Meaning[3]: Surname Zuo
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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