Chinese Character 桶 Meanings and components.

Form

桶

Meaning

桶 meaning[3] in English

Bucket.

(Trash) Can.

Barrel (Of Oil Etc).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 桶 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and the Yongjiang river … (甬)

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

In cangjie it is written with DNIB

How to write 桶

To write桶tong3bucket you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 甬yong3the Yongjiang … arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 甬 = 桶

桶 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

桶
Pinyin:tong3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Bucket . (Trash) Can . Barrel (Of Oil Etc) . Cl:個|个[Ge4],隻|只[Zhi1]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
甬
Pinyin:yong3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: The Yongjiang River 甬江[Yong3 Jiang1] Through Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 Bo1] . Abbr. For Ningbo
龴
Pinyin:龴5 Shape:一
用
Pinyin:yong4
Meaning[3]: To Use . To Employ . To Have To . To Eat Or Drink . Expense Or Outlay . Usefulness . Hence . Therefore
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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