Chinese Character 沏 Meanings and components.

Form

沏

Meaning

沏 meaning[3] in English

To Steep (Tea).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 沏 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and to cut (切)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EPSH

How to write 沏

To write沏qi1to steep … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 切qie4to cut arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 切 = 沏

沏 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

沏
Pinyin:qi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Steep (Tea)
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
切
Pinyin:qie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cut . To Slice . Tangent (Math)
七
Pinyin:qi1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Seven . 7
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao

Notes

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

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

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