Chinese Character 泅 Meanings and components.

Form

泅

Meaning

泅 meaning[3] in English

To Swim.

View more meanings of 泅 in English

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EWO

How to write 泅

To write泅qiu2to swim you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 囚qiu2prisoner arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 囚 = 泅

泅 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

泅
Pinyin:qiu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Swim
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]
囚
Pinyin:qiu2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Prisoner
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 泅in English or Chinese