Chinese Character 控 Meanings and components.

Form

控

Meaning

控 meaning[3] in English

To Control.

To Accuse.

To Charge.

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Main Components

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

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 QJCM

How to write 控

To write控kong4to control you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 空kong1empty arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 空 = 控

控 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

控
Pinyin:kong4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Control . To Accuse . To Charge . To Sue . To Invert A Container To Empty It . (Suffix) (Slang) Buff . Enthusiast . Devotee . -Phile Or -Philia
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
空
Pinyin:kong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Empty . Air . Sky . In Vain
穴
Pinyin:xue2
Meaning[3]: Cave . Cavity . Hole . Acupuncture Point . Taiwan Pr. [Xue4]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor

Notes

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

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

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