Chinese Character 测 Meanings and components.

Form

测

Meaning

测 meaning[3] in English

To Survey.

To Measure.

To Conjecture.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EBON

How to write 测

To write测ce4to survey you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 则ze2(conjunction used … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 则 = 测

测 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

测
Pinyin:ce4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Survey . To Measure . To Conjecture
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]
则
Pinyin:ze2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Conjunction Used To Express Contrast With A Previous Clause) But . Then . Standard . Norm . Principle . To Imitate . To Follow . Classifier For Written Items
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

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

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

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