Chinese Character 掐 Meanings and components.

Form

掐

Meaning

掐 meaning[3] in English

To Pick (Flowers).

To Pinch.

To Nip.

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Main Components

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

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 QNHX

How to write 掐

To write掐qia1to pick … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 臽xian4pitfall arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 臽 = 掐

掐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

掐
Pinyin:qia1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pick (Flowers) . To Pinch . To Nip . To Pinch Off . To Clutch . (Slang) To Fight
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
臽
Pinyin:xian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Pitfall . Trap (Archaic)
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
臼
Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar

Notes

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

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

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