Chinese Character 搂 Meanings and components.

Form

搂

Meaning

搂 meaning[3] in English

To Draw Towards Oneself.

To Gather.

To Gather Up (One's Gown, Sleeves Etc).

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Main Components

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

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 QFDV

How to write 搂

To write搂lou3to draw … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 娄lou2surname Lou arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 娄 = 搂

搂 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

搂
Pinyin:lou3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Draw Towards Oneself . To Gather . To Gather Up (One'S Gown, Sleeves Etc) . To Grab (Money) . To Extort
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
娄
Pinyin:lou2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Lou . One Of The 28 Lunar Mansions In Chinese Astronomy
米
Pinyin:mi3
Meaning[3]: Surname Mi
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
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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