Chinese Character 漂 Meanings and components.

Form

漂

Meaning

漂 meaning[3] in English

To Float.

To Drift.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EMWF

How to write 漂

To write漂piao1to float you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 票piao4ticket arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 票 = 漂

漂 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

漂
Pinyin:piao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Float . To Drift
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]
票
Pinyin:piao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ticket . Ballot . Banknote . Cl:張|张[Zhang1] . Person Held For Ransom . Amateur Performance Of Chinese Opera . Classifier For Groups, Batches, Business Transactions
覀
Pinyin:xi1
示
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: To Show . To Reveal
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

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

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

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