Chinese Character 捋 Meanings and components.

Form

捋

Meaning

捋 meaning[3] in English

To Smooth Or Arrange Sth Using One's Fingers.

To Stroke.

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Main Components

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

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 QBDI

How to write 捋

To write捋lv3to smooth … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 寽lv4 arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 寽 = 捋

捋 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

捋
Pinyin:lv3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Smooth Or Arrange Sth Using One'S Fingers . To Stroke
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
寽
Pinyin:lv4 Shape:吕
爫
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: 'Claw' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 87)
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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