Chinese Character 沮 Meanings and components.

Form

沮

Meaning

沮 meaning[3] in English

To Destroy.

To Stop.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EBM

How to write 沮

To write沮ju3to destroy you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 且qie3and arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 且 = 沮

沮 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

沮
Pinyin:ju3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Destroy . To Stop
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]
且
Pinyin:qie3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: And . Moreover . Yet . For The Time Being . To Be About To . Both (... And...)

Notes

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

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

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