Chinese Character 港 Meanings and components.

Form

港

Meaning

港 meaning[3] in English

Hong Kong, Abbr. For 香港[Xiang1 Gang3].

Surname Gang.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with ETCU

How to write 港

To write港gang3Hong Kong, … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 巷xiang4lane arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 巷 = 港

港 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

港
Pinyin:gang3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Hong Kong, Abbr. For 香港[Xiang1 Gang3] . Surname Gang
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]
巷
Pinyin:xiang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Lane . Alley
共
Pinyin:gong4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Common . General . To Share . Together . Total . Altogether . Abbr. For 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 Chan3 Dang3], Communist Party
廿
Pinyin:nian4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Twenty (20), In A Limited Number Of Set Expressions . Also Written Using Banker'S Character 念
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined
巳
Pinyin:si4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 6th Earthly Branch: 9-11 A.M., 4th Solar Month (5th May-5th June), Year Of The Snake . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 150°

Notes

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

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

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