Chinese Character 撏 Meanings and components.

Form

撏

Meaning

撏 meaning[3] in English

To Pull Out (Esp. Hair Or Feathers).

To Pick.

To Pluck.

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Main Components

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

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 QSMI

How to write 撏

To write撏xian2to pull … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 尋xun2to search arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 尋 = 撏

撏 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

撏
Pinyin:xian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pull Out (Esp. Hair Or Feathers) . To Pick . To Pluck . Fig. To Extract (Lines From A Text)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
尋
Pinyin:xun2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Search . To Look For . To Seek
彐
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Pig Snout (Kangxi Radical 58)
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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