Chinese Character 楚 Meanings and components.
Form
楚
Meaning
- 楚 meaning[3] in English
Surname Chu.
Abbr. For Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 Bei3 Sheng3] And Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 Nan2 Sheng3] Provinces Together.
Chinese Kingdom During The Spring And Autumn And Warring States Periods (722-221 Bc).
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 楚 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and variant of 匹[pi3] (疋)
Its radical[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木
In cangjie it is written with DDNYO
How to write 楚
To write楚 you should write a combination of 木 , 疋 arranged in a 咒 shape:
木 + 疋 = 楚
楚 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 楚 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 楚, looks as follow:
楚
Pinyin:chu3 Shape:咒
Meaning[3]: Surname Chu . Abbr. For Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 Bei3 Sheng3] And Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 Nan2 Sheng3] Provinces Together . Chinese Kingdom During The Spring And Autumn And Warring States Periods (722-221 Bc)