Chinese Character 撬 Meanings and components.

Form

撬

Meaning

撬 meaning[3] in English

To Lift.

To Pry Open.

To Lever Open.

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Main Components

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

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 QHUU

How to write 撬

To write撬qiao4to lift you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 毳cui4crisp arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 毳 = 撬

撬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

撬
Pinyin:qiao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Lift . To Pry Open . To Lever Open
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
毳
Pinyin:cui4 Shape:品
Meaning[3]: Crisp . Brittle . Fine Animal Hair
毛
Pinyin:mao2
Meaning[3]: Surname Mao

Notes

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

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

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