Chinese Character 撞 Meanings and components.

Form

撞

Meaning

撞 meaning[3] in English

To Knock Against.

To Bump Into.

To Run Into.

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Main Components

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

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 QYTG

How to write 撞

To write撞zhuang4to knock … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 童tong2surname Tong arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 童 = 撞

撞 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

撞
Pinyin:zhuang4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Knock Against . To Bump Into . To Run Into . To Meet By Accident
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
童
Pinyin:tong2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Tong
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
里
Pinyin:li3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 裡|里[Li3]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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