Chinese Character 掴 Meanings and components.

Form

掴

Meaning

掴 meaning[3] in English

To Slap.

Also Pr. [Guo2].

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Main Components

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

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 QWMI

How to write 掴

To write掴guai1to slap you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 国guo2surname Guo arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 国 = 掴

掴 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

掴
Pinyin:guai1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Slap . Also Pr. [Guo2]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
国
Pinyin:guo2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Guo
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
玉
Pinyin:yu4
Meaning[3]: Jade
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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