Chinese Character 揭 Meanings and components.

Form

揭

Meaning

揭 meaning[3] in English

To Take The Lid Off.

To Expose.

To Unmask.

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Main Components

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

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 QAPV

How to write 揭

To write揭jie1to take … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 曷he2why arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 曷 = 揭

揭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

揭
Pinyin:jie1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Take The Lid Off . To Expose . To Unmask
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
曷
Pinyin:he2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Why . How . When . What . Where
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
匃
Pinyin:gai4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 丐[Gai4]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
亾
Pinyin:wang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 亡[Wang2]
𠃊
Pinyin:yin3 Shape:一
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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