Chinese Character 擎 Meanings and components.

Form

擎

Meaning

擎 meaning[3] in English

To Raise (Hand).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 擎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to respect (敬) , and hand (手)

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 TKQ

How to write 擎

To write擎qing2to raise … you should write a combination of 敬jing4to respect , 手shou3hand arranged in a 吕 shape:

敬 + 手 = 擎

擎 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

擎
Pinyin:qing2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Raise (Hand)
敬
Pinyin:jing4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Respect . To Venerate . To Salute . To Offer
苟
Pinyin:gou3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Gou
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
句
Pinyin:ju4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 勾[Gou1]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
攵
Pinyin:pu1
手
Pinyin:shou3
Meaning[3]: 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]

Notes

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

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

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