Chinese Character 枷 Meanings and components.

Form

枷

Meaning

枷 meaning[3] in English

Cangue (Wooden Collar Like Stocks Used To Restrain And Punish Criminals In China).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 枷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and abbr. for Canada … (加)

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

In cangjie it is written with DKSR

How to write 枷

To write枷jia1cangue (wooden … you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 加jia1abbr. for … arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 加 = 枷

枷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

枷
Pinyin:jia1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cangue (Wooden Collar Like Stocks Used To Restrain And Punish Criminals In China)
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
加
Pinyin:jia1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Canada 加拿大[Jia1 Na2 Da4] . Surname Jia
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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