Chinese Character 捶 Meanings and components.

Form

捶

Meaning

捶 meaning[3] in English

To Beat With The Fist.

To Hammer.

To Cudgel.

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Main Components

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

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 QHJM

How to write 捶

To write捶chui2to beat … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 垂chui2to hang … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 垂 = 捶

捶 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

捶
Pinyin:chui2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Beat With The Fist . To Hammer . To Cudgel
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
垂
Pinyin:chui2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Hang (Down) . Droop . Dangle . Bend Down . Hand Down . Bequeath . Nearly . Almost . To Approach

Notes

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

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

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