Chinese Character 掉 Meanings and components.
Form
掉
Meaning
- 掉 meaning[3] in English
To Fall.
To Drop.
To Lag Behind.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 掉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Zhuo (卓)
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
In cangjie it is written with QYAJ
How to write 掉
To write掉 you should write a combination of 扌 , 卓 arranged in a 吅 shape:
扌 + 卓 = 掉
掉 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 掉 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 掉, looks as follow:
掉
Pinyin:diao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Fall . To Drop . To Lag Behind . To Lose . To Go Missing . To Reduce . Fall (In Prices) . To Lose (Value, Weight Etc) . To Wag . To Swing . To Turn . To Change . To Exchange . To Swap . To Show Off . To Shed (Hair) . (Used After Certain Verbs To Express Completion, Fulfillment, Removal Etc)