Chinese Character 擷 Meanings and components.

Form

擷

Meaning

擷 meaning[3] in English

To Collect.

Taiwan Pr. [Jie2].

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Main Components

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

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 QGRC

How to write 擷

To write擷xie2to collect you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 頡xie2surname Xie arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 頡 = 擷

擷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

擷
Pinyin:xie2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Collect . Taiwan Pr. [Jie2]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
頡
Pinyin:xie2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Xie
吉
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji . Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
頁
Pinyin:ye4
Meaning[3]: Head
丆
Pinyin:han3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Myeon'), An Ancient Korean Writing System
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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