Chinese Character 朽 Meanings and components.

Form

朽

Meaning

朽 meaning[3] in English

Rotten.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 朽 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and 'breath' or 'sigh' … (丂)

Its radical[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木mu4surname Mu

In cangjie it is written with DMVS

How to write 朽

To write朽xiu3rotten you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 丂kao3'breath' or … arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 丂 = 朽

朽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

朽
Pinyin:xiu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Rotten
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
丂
Pinyin:kao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 'Breath' Or 'Sigh' Component In Chinese Characters

Notes

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

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

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