Chinese Character 描 Meanings and components.

Form

描

Meaning

描 meaning[3] in English

To Depict.

To Trace (A Drawing).

To Copy.

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Main Components

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

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 QTW

How to write 描

To write描miao2to depict you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 苗miao2Hmong or … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 苗 = 描

描 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

描
Pinyin:miao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Depict . To Trace (A Drawing) . To Copy . To Touch Up
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
苗
Pinyin:miao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Hmong Or Miao Ethnic Group Of Southwest China . Surname Miao
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian

Notes

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

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

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