Chinese Character 掘 Meanings and components.

Form

掘

Meaning

掘 meaning[3] in English

To Dig.

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Main Components

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

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 QSUU

How to write 掘

To write掘jue2to dig you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 屈qu1surname Qu arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 屈 = 掘

掘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

掘
Pinyin:jue2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Dig
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
屈
Pinyin:qu1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Qu
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
出
Pinyin:chu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Go Out . To Come Out . To Occur . To Produce . To Go Beyond . To Rise . To Put Forth . To Happen . (Used After A Verb To Indicate An Outward Direction Or A Positive Result) . Classifier For Dramas, Plays, Operas Etc
屮
Pinyin:che4
Meaning[3]: Plants Sprouting
凵
Pinyin:qian3
Meaning[3]: Receptacle

Notes

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

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

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