Chinese Character 掇 Meanings and components.

Form

掇

Meaning

掇 meaning[3] in English

To Pick Up.

To Collect.

Gather Up.

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Main Components

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

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 QEEE

How to write 掇

To write掇duo1to pick … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 叕zhuo2to join … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 叕 = 掇

掇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

掇
Pinyin:duo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pick Up . To Collect . Gather Up
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
叕
Pinyin:zhuo2 Shape:叕
Meaning[3]: To Join Together . To Lack . Narrow And Shallow
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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