Chinese Character 渴 Meanings and components.

Form

渴

Meaning

渴 meaning[3] in English

Thirsty.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EAPV

How to write 渴

To write渴ke3thirsty you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 曷he2why arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 曷 = 渴

渴 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

渴
Pinyin:ke3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Thirsty
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]
曷
Pinyin:he2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Why . How . When . What . Where
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
匃
Pinyin:gai4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 丐[Gai4]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
亾
Pinyin:wang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 亡[Wang2]
𠃊
Pinyin:yin3 Shape:一
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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