Chinese Character 搗 Meanings and components.

Form

搗

Meaning

搗 meaning[3] in English

Pound.

Beat.

Hull.

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Main Components

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

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 QHAU

How to write 搗

To write搗dao3pound you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 島dao3island arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 島 = 搗

搗 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

搗
Pinyin:dao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Pound . Beat . Hull . Attack . Disturb . Stir
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
島
Pinyin:dao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Island . Cl:個|个[Ge4],座[Zuo4]
鳥
Pinyin:niao3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 屌[Diao3] . Penis
*
Pinyin:*
山
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan

Notes

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

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

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