Chinese Character 泼 Meanings and components.

Form

泼

Meaning

泼 meaning[3] in English

To Splash.

To Spill.

Rough And Coarse.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EIVE

How to write 泼

To write泼po1to splash you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 发fa1to send … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 发 = 泼

泼 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

泼
Pinyin:po1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Splash . To Spill . Rough And Coarse . Brutish
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]
发
Pinyin:fa1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Send Out . To Show (One'S Feeling) . To Issue . To Develop . To Make A Bundle Of Money . Classifier For Gunshots (Rounds)

Notes

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

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

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