Chinese Character 掬 Meanings and components.

Form

掬

Meaning

掬 meaning[3] in English

To Hold In One's Hands.

Classifier For A Double Handful.

Taiwan Pr. [Ju2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 掬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and variant of 掬[ju1] (匊)

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 QPFD

How to write 掬

To write掬ju1to hold … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 匊ju1variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 匊 = 掬

掬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

掬
Pinyin:ju1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Hold In One'S Hands . Classifier For A Double Handful . Taiwan Pr. [Ju2]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
匊
Pinyin:ju1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 掬[Ju1]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
米
Pinyin:mi3
Meaning[3]: Surname Mi
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]

Notes

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

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

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