Chinese Character 擋 Meanings and components.

Form

擋

Meaning

擋 meaning[3] in English

To Resist.

To Obstruct.

To Hinder.

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Main Components

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

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 QFBW

How to write 擋

To write擋dang3to resist you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 當dang1to be arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 當 = 擋

擋 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

擋
Pinyin:dang3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Resist . To Obstruct . To Hinder . To Keep Off . To Block (A Blow) . To Get In The Way Of . Cover . Gear (E.G. In A Car'S Transmission)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
當
Pinyin:dang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Be . To Act As . Manage . Withstand . When . During . Ought . Should . Match Equally . Equal . Same . Obstruct . Just At (A Time Or Place) . On The Spot . Right . Just At
尚
Pinyin:shang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Shang
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
冋
Pinyin:jiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 坰[Jiong1]
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
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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