Chinese Character 捧 Meanings and components.

Form

捧

Meaning

捧 meaning[3] in English

To Clasp.

To Cup The Hands.

To Hold Up With Both Hands.

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Main Components

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

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 QQKQ

How to write 捧

To write捧peng3to clasp you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 奉feng4to offer … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 奉 = 捧

捧 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

捧
Pinyin:peng3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Clasp . To Cup The Hands . To Hold Up With Both Hands . To Offer (Esp. In Cupped Hands) . To Praise . To Flatter
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
奉
Pinyin:feng4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Offer (Tribute) . To Present Respectfully (To Superior, Ancestor, Deity Etc) . To Esteem . To Revere . To Believe In (A Religion) . To Wait Upon . To Accept Orders (From Superior)
𡗗
Pinyin:peng3 Shape:一
㐄
Pinyin:kua4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters, Mirror Image Of 夂[Zhi3]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

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

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

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