Chinese Character 杓 Meanings and components.

Form

杓

Meaning

杓 meaning[3] in English

(Star).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 杓 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and spoon (勺)

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

In cangjie it is written with DPM

How to write 杓

To write杓biao1(star) you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 勺shao2spoon arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 勺 = 杓

杓 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

杓
Pinyin:biao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Star)
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
勺
Pinyin:shao2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Spoon . Ladle . Cl:把[Ba3] . Abbr. For 公勺[Gong1 Shao2], Centiliter (Unit Of Volume)
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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