Chinese Character 潰 Meanings and components.

Form

潰

Meaning

潰 meaning[3] in English

To Be Dispersed.

To Break Down.

To Fester.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with ELMC

How to write 潰

To write潰kui4to be … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 貴gui4expensive arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 貴 = 潰

潰 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

潰
Pinyin:kui4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Be Dispersed . To Break Down . To Fester . To Ulcerate
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]
貴
Pinyin:gui4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Expensive . Noble . Precious . (Honorific) Your
𠀐
Pinyin:𠀐5 Shape:吕
中
Pinyin:zhong1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: China . Chinese . Surname Zhong
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
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
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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