Chinese Character 捫 Meanings and components.

Form

捫

Meaning

捫 meaning[3] in English

Lay Hands On.

To Cover.

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Main Components

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

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 QAN

How to write 捫

To write捫men2lay hands … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 門men2surname Men arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 門 = 捫

捫 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

捫
Pinyin:men2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Lay Hands On . To Cover
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
門
Pinyin:men2
Meaning[3]: Surname Men

Notes

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

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

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