Chinese Character 湊 Meanings and components.

Form

湊

Meaning

湊 meaning[3] in English

To Gather Together, Pool Or Collect.

To Happen By Chance.

To Move Close To.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EQKK

How to write 湊

To write湊cou4to gather … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 奏zou4to play … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 奏 = 湊

湊 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

湊
Pinyin:cou4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Gather Together, Pool Or Collect . To Happen By Chance . To Move Close To . To Exploit An Opportunity
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]
奏
Pinyin:zou4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Play Music . To Achieve . To Present A Memorial To The Emperor (Old)
𡗗
Pinyin:peng3 Shape:一
天
Pinyin:tian1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Day . Sky . Heaven
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

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

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

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