Chinese Character 泡 Meanings and components.

Form

泡

Meaning

泡 meaning[3] in English

Puffed.

Swollen.

Spongy.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EPRU

How to write 泡

To write泡pao4puffed you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 包bao1surname Bao arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 包 = 泡

泡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

泡
Pinyin:pao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Puffed . Swollen . Spongy . Small Lake (Esp. In Place Names) . Classifier For Urine Or Feces
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]
包
Pinyin:bao1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Bao
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
巳
Pinyin:si4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 6th Earthly Branch: 9-11 A.M., 4th Solar Month (5th May-5th June), Year Of The Snake . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 150°

Notes

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

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

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