Chinese Character 潇 Meanings and components.

Form

潇

Meaning

潇 meaning[3] in English

(Of Water) Deep And Clear.

(Of Wind And Rain) Howling And Pounding.

(Of Light Rain) Pattering.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with ETLX

How to write 潇

To write潇xiao1(of water) … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 萧xiao1surname Xiao arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 萧 = 潇

潇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

潇
Pinyin:xiao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Of Water) Deep And Clear . (Of Wind And Rain) Howling And Pounding . (Of Light Rain) Pattering
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]
萧
Pinyin:xiao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiao
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
肃
Pinyin:su4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Su
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]

Notes

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

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

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