Chinese Character 校 Meanings and components.

Form

校

Meaning

校 meaning[3] in English

To Proofread.

To Check.

To Compare.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 校 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and to hand over (交)

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

In cangjie it is written with DYCK

How to write 校

To write校xiao4to proofread you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 交jiao1to hand … arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 交 = 校

校 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

校
Pinyin:xiao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Proofread . To Check . To Compare
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
交
Pinyin:jiao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Hand Over . To Deliver . To Pay (Money) . To Turn Over . To Make Friends . To Intersect (Lines) . Variant Of 跤[Jiao1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
父
Pinyin:fu4
Meaning[3]: Father

Notes

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

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

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