Chinese Character 椎 Meanings and components.

Form

椎

Meaning

椎 meaning[3] in English

A Hammer.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 椎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and short-tailed bird (隹)

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

In cangjie it is written with DOG

How to write 椎

To write椎chui2a hammer you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 隹zhui1short-tailed bird arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 隹 = 椎

椎 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

椎
Pinyin:chui2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: A Hammer
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

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

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

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