Chinese Character 武 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

武 meaning[3] in English

Surname Wu.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are one (一) , to shoot (弋) , and to stop (止)

Its radical[1] is: (zhi3) which means: To Stop, To Prohibit, Until, Only, .zhi3to stop

In cangjie it is written with MPYLM

How to write 武

To writewu3surname Wu you should write a combination of yi1one yi4to shoot , zhi3to stop arranged in a shape:

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武 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:wu3 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot

Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 武in English or Chinese