Chinese Character 挲 Meanings and components.

Form

挲

Meaning

挲 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 挲[Suo1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 挲 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Sha (沙) , 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 EHQ

How to write 挲

To write挲sa1variant of … you should write a combination of 沙sha1surname Sha , 手shou3hand arranged in a 吕 shape:

沙 + 手 = 挲

挲 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

挲
Pinyin:sa1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 挲[Suo1]
沙
Pinyin:sha1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Sha
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
少
Pinyin:shao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Few . Less . To Lack . To Be Missing . To Stop (Doing Sth) . Seldom
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
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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