Chinese Character 摧 Meanings and components.

Form

摧

Meaning

摧 meaning[3] in English

To Break.

To Destroy.

To Devastate.

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Main Components

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

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 QUOG

How to write 摧

To write摧cui1to break you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 崔cui1surname Cui arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 崔 = 摧

摧 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

摧
Pinyin:cui1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Break . To Destroy . To Devastate . To Ravage . To Repress
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
崔
Pinyin:cui1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Cui
山
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

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

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

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