Chinese Character 殼 Meanings and components.

Form

殼

Meaning

殼 meaning[3] in English

Shell.

Carapace.

Crust (Earth's Crust Etc).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 殼 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (?) , and surname Shu (殳)

Its radical[1] is: 殳 (shu1) which means: Surname Shu, .殳shu1surname Shu

In cangjie it is written with GNHNE

How to write 殼

To write殼ke2shell you should write a combination of ?? , 殳shu1surname Shu arranged in a 吅 shape:

? + 殳 = 殼

殼 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

殼
Pinyin:ke2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Shell . Carapace . Crust (Earth'S Crust Etc) . Also Pr. [Ke2]
?
Pinyin:?
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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