Chinese Character 措 Meanings and components.

Form

措

Meaning

措 meaning[3] in English

To Handle.

To Manage.

To Put In Order.

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Main Components

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

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 QTA

How to write 措

To write措cuo4to handle you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 昔xi1surname Xi arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 昔 = 措

措 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

措
Pinyin:cuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Handle . To Manage . To Put In Order . To Arrange . To Administer . To Execute . To Take Action On . To Plan
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
昔
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
龷
Pinyin:龷5
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

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

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

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