Chinese Character 昴 Meanings and components.

Form

昴

Meaning

昴 meaning[3] in English

The Pleiades.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 昴 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日) , and mortise (slot cut … (卯)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with AHHL

How to write 昴

To write昴mao3the Pleiades you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 卯mao3mortise (slot … arranged in a 吕 shape:

日 + 卯 = 昴

昴 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

昴
Pinyin:mao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: The Pleiades
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
卯
Pinyin:mao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mortise (Slot Cut Into Wood To Receive A Tenon) . 4th Earthly Branch: 5-7 A.M., 2nd Solar Month (6th March-4th April), Year Of The Rabbit . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 90° (East) . Variant Of 鉚|铆[Mao3] . To Exert One'S Strength
𠂎
Pinyin:𠂎5 Shape:一
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

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

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

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