Chinese Character 測 Meanings and components.

Form

測

Meaning

測 meaning[3] in English

To Survey.

To Measure.

To Conjecture.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EBCN

How to write 測

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

氵 + 則 = 測

測 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

測
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]
則
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
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
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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