Chinese Character 湖 Meanings and components.

Form

湖

Meaning

湖 meaning[3] in English

Lake.

Cl:個|个[Ge4],片[Pian4].

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EJRB

How to write 湖

To write湖hu2lake you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 胡hu2surname Hu arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 胡 = 湖

湖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

湖
Pinyin:hu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Lake . Cl:個|个[Ge4],片[Pian4]
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]
胡
Pinyin:hu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Hu
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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