Chinese Character 掣 Meanings and components.

Form

掣

Meaning

掣 meaning[3] in English

To Pull.

To Draw.

To Pull Back.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 掣 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are system (制) , and hand (手)

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 HNQ

How to write 掣

To write掣che4to pull you should write a combination of 制zhi4system , 手shou3hand arranged in a 吕 shape:

制 + 手 = 掣

掣 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

掣
Pinyin:che4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Pull . To Draw . To Pull Back . To Withdraw . To Flash Past
制
Pinyin:zhi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: System . To Control . To Regulate . Variant Of 製|制[Zhi4]
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]
手
Pinyin:shou3
Meaning[3]: 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]

Notes

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

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

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