Chinese Character 擺 Meanings and components.

Form

擺

Meaning

擺 meaning[3] in English

To Arrange.

To Exhibit.

To Move To And Fro.

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Main Components

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

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 QWLP

How to write 擺

To write擺bai3to arrange you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 罷ba4to stop arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 罷 = 擺

擺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

擺
Pinyin:bai3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Arrange . To Exhibit . To Move To And Fro . A Pendulum
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
罷
Pinyin:ba4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Cease . To Dismiss . To Suspend . To Quit . To Finish
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
能
Pinyin:neng2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Neng
䏍
Pinyin:yuan4 Shape:吕
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
比
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Belgium . Belgian . Abbr. For 比利時|比利时[Bi3 Li4 Shi2]
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

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

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

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