Chinese Character 植 Meanings and components.

Form

植

Meaning

植 meaning[3] in English

To Plant.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with DJBM

How to write 植

To write植zhi2to plant you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 直zhi2surname Zhi arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 直 = 植

植 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

植
Pinyin:zhi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Plant
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
直
Pinyin:zhi2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhi . Zhi (C. 2000 Bc), Fifth Of The Legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 Di4] Descended From Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 Nong2] Farmer God
𥃭
Pinyin:𥃭5 Shape:吕
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]

Notes

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

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

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