Chinese Character 掰 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

掰 meaning[3] in English

To Break Off Or Break Open Sth With One's Hands.

(Fig.) To Break Off (A Relationship).

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are hand (手) , and to divide (分)

Its radical[1] is: (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], .shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QCHQ

How to write 掰

To writebai1to break … you should write a combination of shou3hand , fen1to divide arranged in a shape:

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掰 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:bai1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Break Off Or Break Open Sth With One'S Hands . (Fig.) To Break Off (A Relationship)

Pinyin:shou3
Meaning[3]: 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]

Pinyin:fen1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Divide . To Separate . To Distribute . To Allocate . To Distinguish (Good And Bad) . Part Or Subdivision . Fraction . One Tenth (Of Certain Units) . Unit Of Length Equivalent To 0.33 Cm . Minute (Unit Of Time) . Minute (Angular Measurement Unit) . A Point (In Sports Or Games) . 0.01 Yuan (Unit Of Money)

Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

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