Chinese Character 擄 Meanings and components.

Form

擄

Meaning

擄 meaning[3] in English

To Capture.

To Seize.

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Main Components

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

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 QYPS

How to write 擄

To write擄lu3to capture you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 虜lu3prisoner of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 虜 = 擄

擄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

擄
Pinyin:lu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Capture . To Seize
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
虜
Pinyin:lu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Prisoner Of War . To Capture . To Take Prisoner . (Old) Northern Barbarian . Slave
虍
Pinyin:hu1
Meaning[3]: Stripes Of A Tiger . 'Tiger' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 141)
男
Pinyin:nan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Male . Baron, Lowest Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

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

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

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