Chinese Character 揉 Meanings and components.

Form

揉

Meaning

揉 meaning[3] in English

To Knead.

To Massage.

To Rub.

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Main Components

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

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 QNHD

How to write 揉

To write揉rou2to knead you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 柔rou2soft arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 柔 = 揉

揉 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

揉
Pinyin:rou2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Knead . To Massage . To Rub
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
柔
Pinyin:rou2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Soft . Flexible . Supple . Yielding . Rho (Greek Letter Ρρ)
矛
Pinyin:mao2
Meaning[3]: Spear . Lance . Pike
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu

Notes

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

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

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