Chinese Character 淤 Meanings and components.

Form

淤

Meaning

淤 meaning[3] in English

Silt.

River Sludge.

To Silt Up.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EYSY

How to write 淤

To write淤yu1silt you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 於yu2in arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 於 = 淤

淤 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

淤
Pinyin:yu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Silt . River Sludge . To Silt Up . Choked With Silt . Variant Of 瘀[Yu1]
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]
於
Pinyin:yu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: In . At . To . From . By . Than . Out Of
方
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: Surname Fang
仒
Pinyin:bing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Eo' Or 'Sya'), An Ancient Korean Writing System
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]

Notes

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

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

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