Chinese Character 推 Meanings and components.

Form

推

Meaning

推 meaning[3] in English

To Push.

To Cut.

To Refuse.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 推 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and short-tailed bird (隹)

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 QOG

How to write 推

To write推tui1to push you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 隹zhui1short-tailed bird arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 隹 = 推

推 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

推
Pinyin:tui1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Push . To Cut . To Refuse . To Reject . To Decline . To Shirk (Responsibility) . To Put Off . To Delay . To Push Forward . To Nominate . To Elect . Massage
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

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

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

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