Chinese Character 擘 Meanings and components.

Form

擘

Meaning

擘 meaning[3] in English

Thumb.

To Break.

To Tear.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 擘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are king (辟) , 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 SJQ

How to write 擘

To write擘bai1thumb you should write a combination of 辟pi4king , 手shou3hand arranged in a 吕 shape:

辟 + 手 = 擘

擘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

擘
Pinyin:bai1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thumb . To Break . To Tear . To Pierce . To Split
辟
Pinyin:pi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: King . Monarch . To Enlist . To Repel . To Avoid
𡰪
Pinyin:du1
辛
Pinyin:xin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Xin
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
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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