Chinese Character 摘 Meanings and components.

Form

摘

Meaning

摘 meaning[3] in English

To Take.

To Borrow.

To Pick (Flowers, Fruit Etc).

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Main Components

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

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 QYCB

How to write 摘

To write摘zhai1to take you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 啇di4 arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 啇 = 摘

摘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

摘
Pinyin:zhai1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Take . To Borrow . To Pick (Flowers, Fruit Etc) . To Pluck . To Select . To Remove . To Take Off (Glasses, Hat Etc)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
啇
Pinyin:di4 Shape:吕
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
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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