Chinese Character 擭 Meanings and components.

Form

擭

Meaning

擭 meaning[3] in English

Trap.

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Main Components

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

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 QTOE

How to write 擭

To write擭wo4trap you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 蒦huo4phonetic component … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 蒦 = 擭

擭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

擭
Pinyin:wo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Trap
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
蒦
Pinyin:huo4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Phonetic Component In Certain Characters With Sound Huò, Such As 護, 獲, 穫 And 擭
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
隻
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Classifier For Birds And Certain Animals, One Of A Pair, Some Utensils, Vessels Etc
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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