Chinese Character 杵 Meanings and components.

Form

杵

Meaning

杵 meaning[3] in English

Pestle.

To Poke.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 杵 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and 7th earthly branch: … (午)

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

In cangjie it is written with DOJ

How to write 杵

To write杵chu3pestle you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 午wu37th earthly … arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 午 = 杵

杵 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

杵
Pinyin:chu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Pestle . To Poke
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
午
Pinyin:wu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 7th Earthly Branch: 11 A.M.-1 P.M., Noon, 5th Solar Month (6th June-6th July), Year Of The Horse . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 180° (South)
𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

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

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

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