Chinese Character 杜 Meanings and components.

Form

杜

Meaning

杜 meaning[3] in English

Surname Du.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 杜 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and Tu (ethnic group) (土)

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

In cangjie it is written with DG

How to write 杜

To write杜du4surname Du you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 土tu3Tu (ethnic … arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 土 = 杜

杜 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

杜
Pinyin:du4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Du
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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