Chinese Character 揠 Meanings and components.

Form

揠

Meaning

揠 meaning[3] in English

To Eradicate.

To Pull Up.

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Main Components

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

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 QSAV

How to write 揠

To write揠ya4to eradicate you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 匽yan3to hide, … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 匽 = 揠

揠 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

揠
Pinyin:ya4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Eradicate . To Pull Up
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
匽
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Hide, To Secrete, To Repress . To Bend
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
妟
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

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

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

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