Chinese Character 撇 Meanings and components.

Form

撇

Meaning

撇 meaning[3] in English

To Cast Away.

To Fling Aside.

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Main Components

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

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 QFBK

How to write 撇

To write撇pie1to cast … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 敝bi4my (polite) arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 敝 = 撇

撇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

撇
Pinyin:pie1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cast Away . To Fling Aside
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
敝
Pinyin:bi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: My (Polite) . Poor . Ruined . Shabby . Worn Out . Defeated
㡀
Pinyin:bi4 Shape:一
攵
Pinyin:pu1

Notes

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

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

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