Chinese Character 杉 Meanings and components.

Form

杉

Meaning

杉 meaning^[3] in English

China Fir.

Cunninghamia Lanceolata.

Also Pr. [Sha1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 杉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and 'bristle' radical in … (彡)

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

In cangjie it is written with DHHH

How to write 杉

To write杉shan1China fir you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 彡shan1'bristle' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 彡 = 杉

杉 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

杉

Pinyin:shan1 Shape:吅

Meaning^[3]: China Fir . Cunninghamia Lanceolata . Also Pr. [Sha1]

木

Pinyin:mu4

Meaning^[3]: Surname Mu

彡

Pinyin:shan1

Meaning^[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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