Chinese Character 攴 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

攴 meaning^[3] in English

To Tap.

To Knock Lightly.

Old Variant Of 撲|扑[Pu1].

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 攴 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Bu (卜) , and (once) again (又)

Its radical^[1] is: 支 (zhi1) which means: Surname Zhi, .支zhi1surname Zhi

How to write 攴

To write攴pu1to tap you should write a combination of 卜bo5surname Bu , 又you4(once) again

卜 + 又 = 攴

攴 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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