Chinese Character 洄 Meanings and components.

Form

洄

Meaning

洄 meaning[3] in English

Eddying.

Whirling (Of Water).

To Go Against The Current.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EWR

How to write 洄

To write洄hui2eddying you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 回hui2to circle arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 回 = 洄

洄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

洄
Pinyin:hui2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Eddying . Whirling (Of Water) . To Go Against The Current
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]
回
Pinyin:hui2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Circle . To Go Back . To Turn Around . To Answer . To Return . To Revolve . Hui Ethnic Group (Chinese Muslims) . Time . Classifier For Acts Of A Play . Section Or Chapter (Of A Classic Book)
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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