Chinese Character 挺 Meanings and components.

Form

挺

Meaning

挺 meaning[3] in English

Straight.

Erect.

To Stick Out (A Part Of The Body).

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Main Components

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

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 QNKG

How to write 挺

To write挺ting3straight you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 廷ting2palace courtyard arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 廷 = 挺

挺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

挺
Pinyin:ting3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Straight . Erect . To Stick Out (A Part Of The Body) . To (Physically) Straighten Up . To Support . To Withstand . Outstanding . (Coll.) Quite . Very . Classifier For Machine Guns
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
廷
Pinyin:ting2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Palace Courtyard
廴
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: 'Long Stride' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 54), Occurring In 建, 延, 廷 Etc
壬
Pinyin:ren2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ninth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Ninth In Order . Letter 'I' Or Roman 'Ix' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 345° . Nona
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi

Notes

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

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

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