Chinese Character 柷 Meanings and components.

Form

柷

Meaning

柷 meaning[3] in English

Percussion Instrument, A Tapering Wooden Box Struck On The Inside With A Wooden Stick.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with DRHU

How to write 柷

To write柷chu4percussion instrument, … you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 兄xiong1elder brother arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 兄 = 柷

柷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

柷
Pinyin:chu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Percussion Instrument, A Tapering Wooden Box Struck On The Inside With A Wooden Stick
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
兄
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Elder Brother
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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