Chinese Character 掮 Meanings and components.

Form

掮

Meaning

掮 meaning[3] in English

To Carry On The Shoulder.

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Main Components

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

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 QISB

How to write 掮

To write掮qian2to carry … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 肩jian1shoulder arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 肩 = 掮

掮 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

掮
Pinyin:qian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Carry On The Shoulder
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
肩
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Shoulder . To Shoulder (Responsibilities Etc)
戸
Pinyin:hu4
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 戶|户[Hu4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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