Chinese Character 捌 Meanings and components.

Form

捌

Meaning

捌 meaning[3] in English

Eight (Banker's Anti-Fraud Numeral).

Split.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 捌 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Bie (别)

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 QRSN

How to write 捌

To write捌ba1eight (banker's … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 别bie2surname Bie arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 别 = 捌

捌 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 捌 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 捌, looks as follow:

捌
Pinyin:ba1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Eight (Banker'S Anti-Fraud Numeral) . Split
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
别
Pinyin:bie2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Bie
另
Pinyin:ling4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Other . Another . Separate . Separately
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

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

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

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