Chinese Character 播 Meanings and components.

Form

播

Meaning

播 meaning[3] in English

To Sow.

To Scatter.

To Spread.

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Main Components

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

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 QHDW

How to write 播

To write播bo1to sow you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 番fan1surname Pan arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 番 = 播

播 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

播
Pinyin:bo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Sow . To Scatter . To Spread . To Broadcast . Taiwan Pr. [Bo4]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
番
Pinyin:fan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Pan
釆
Pinyin:bian4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 辨[Bian4]
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
米
Pinyin:mi3
Meaning[3]: Surname Mi
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian

Notes

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

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

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