Chinese Character 擂 Meanings and components.

Form

擂

Meaning

擂 meaning[3] in English

Beat.

To Grind.

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Main Components

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

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 QMBW

How to write 擂

To write擂lei2beat you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 雷lei2surname Lei arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 雷 = 擂

擂 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

擂
Pinyin:lei2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Beat . To Grind
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
雷
Pinyin:lei2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Lei
雨
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Rain . Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2]
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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