Chinese Character 搪 Meanings and components.

Form

搪

Meaning

搪 meaning[3] in English

To Keep Out.

To Hold Off.

To Ward Off.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 搪 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and Tang dynasty (618-907) (唐)

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 QILR

How to write 搪

To write搪tang2to keep … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 唐tang2Tang dynasty … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 唐 = 搪

搪 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

搪
Pinyin:tang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Keep Out . To Hold Off . To Ward Off . To Evade . To Spread . To Coat . To Smear . To Daub
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
唐
Pinyin:tang2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Tang Dynasty (618-907) . Surname Tang
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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