Chinese Character 揪 Meanings and components.

Form

揪

Meaning

揪 meaning[3] in English

To Seize.

To Clutch.

To Grab Firmly And Pull.

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Main Components

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

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 QHDF

How to write 揪

To write揪jiu1to seize you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 秋qiu1surname Qiu arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 秋 = 揪

揪 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

揪
Pinyin:jiu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Seize . To Clutch . To Grab Firmly And Pull
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
秋
Pinyin:qiu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Qiu
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo

Notes

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

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

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