Chinese Character 掂 Meanings and components.

Form

掂

Meaning

掂 meaning[3] in English

To Weigh In The Hand.

To Estimate.

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Main Components

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

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 QIYR

How to write 掂

To write掂dian1to weigh … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 店dian4inn arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 店 = 掂

掂 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

掂
Pinyin:dian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Weigh In The Hand . To Estimate
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
店
Pinyin:dian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Inn . Shop . Store . Cl:家[Jia1]
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
占
Pinyin:zhan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 占[Zhan4]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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