Chinese Character 撐 Meanings and components.

Form

撐

Meaning

撐 meaning[3] in English

To Support.

To Prop Up.

To Push Or Move With A Pole.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 撐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and variant of 撐|撑[cheng1] (牚)

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 QFBH

How to write 撐

To write撐cheng1to support you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 牚cheng1variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 牚 = 撐

撐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

撐
Pinyin:cheng1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Support . To Prop Up . To Push Or Move With A Pole . To Maintain . To Open Or Unfurl . To Fill To Bursting Point . Brace . Stay . Support
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
牚
Pinyin:cheng1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 撐|撑[Cheng1]
尚
Pinyin:shang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Shang
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
冋
Pinyin:jiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 坰[Jiong1]
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]
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
牙
Pinyin:ya2
Meaning[3]: Tooth . Ivory . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1]

Notes

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

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

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