Chinese Character 捺 Meanings and components.

Form

捺

Meaning

捺 meaning[3] in English

(Downwards-Right Concave Character Stroke).

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Main Components

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

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 QKMF

How to write 捺

To write捺na4(downwards-right concave … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 奈nai4how can … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 奈 = 捺

捺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

捺
Pinyin:na4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Downwards-Right Concave Character Stroke) . Press Down Firmly
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
奈
Pinyin:nai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: How Can One Help
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
示
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: To Show . To Reveal
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

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

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

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