Chinese Character 插 Meanings and components.

Form

插

Meaning

插 meaning[3] in English

To Insert.

Stick In.

Pierce.

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Main Components

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

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 QHJX

How to write 插

To write插cha1to insert you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 臿cha1to separate … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 臿 = 插

插 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

插
Pinyin:cha1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Insert . Stick In . Pierce . To Take Part In . To Interfere . To Interpose
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
臿
Pinyin:cha1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Separate The Grain From The Husk
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
臼
Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar

Notes

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

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

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