Chinese Character 擦 Meanings and components.

Form

擦

Meaning

擦 meaning[3] in English

To Wipe.

To Erase.

Rubbing (Brush Stroke In Painting).

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Main Components

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

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 QJBF

How to write 擦

To write擦ca1to wipe you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 察cha2short name … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 察 = 擦

擦 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

擦
Pinyin:ca1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Wipe . To Erase . Rubbing (Brush Stroke In Painting) . To Clean . To Polish
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
察
Pinyin:cha2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Short Name For Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 Ha1 Er3]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
祭
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhai
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
示
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: To Show . To Reveal
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

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

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

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