Chinese Character 搽 Meanings and components.

Form

搽

Meaning

搽 meaning[3] in English

To Apply (Ointment, Powder).

To Smear.

To Paint On.

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Main Components

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

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 QTOD

How to write 搽

To write搽cha2to apply … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 茶cha2tea arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 茶 = 搽

搽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

搽
Pinyin:cha2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Apply (Ointment, Powder) . To Smear . To Paint On
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
茶
Pinyin:cha2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Tea . Tea Plant . Cl:杯[Bei1],壺|壶[Hu2]
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu

Notes

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

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

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