Chinese Character 溜 Meanings and components.

Form

溜

Meaning

溜 meaning[3] in English

To Slip Away.

To Escape In Stealth.

To Skate.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EHHW

How to write 溜

To write溜liu1to slip … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 留liu2old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 留 = 溜

溜 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

溜
Pinyin:liu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Slip Away . To Escape In Stealth . To Skate
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]
留
Pinyin:liu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 留[Liu2]
卯
Pinyin:mao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mortise (Slot Cut Into Wood To Receive A Tenon) . 4th Earthly Branch: 5-7 A.M., 2nd Solar Month (6th March-4th April), Year Of The Rabbit . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 90° (East) . Variant Of 鉚|铆[Mao3] . To Exert One'S Strength
𠂎
Pinyin:𠂎5 Shape:一
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian

Notes

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

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

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