Chinese Character 撲 Meanings and components.

Form

撲

Meaning

撲 meaning[3] in English

To Throw Oneself At.

To Pounce On.

To Devote One's Energies.

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Main Components

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

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 QTCO

How to write 撲

To write撲pu1to throw … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 菐pu2thicket arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 菐 = 撲

撲 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

撲
Pinyin:pu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Throw Oneself At . To Pounce On . To Devote One'S Energies . To Flap . To Flutter . To Dab . To Pat . To Bend Over
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
菐
Pinyin:pu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thicket . Tedious
业
Pinyin:ye4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Ye
羌
Pinyin:qiang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Qiang Ethnic Group Of Northwestern Sichuan . Surname Qiang
羊
Pinyin:yang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yang
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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