Chinese Character 炒 Meanings and components.

Form

炒

Meaning

炒 meaning[3] in English

To Sauté.

To Stir-Fry.

To Speculate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 炒 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Huo (火) , and few (少)

Its radical[1] is: 火 (huo3) which means: Surname Huo, .火huo3surname Huo

In cangjie it is written with FFH

How to write 炒

To write炒chao3to sauté you should write a combination of 火huo3surname Huo , 少shao3few arranged in a 吅 shape:

火 + 少 = 炒

炒 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

炒
Pinyin:chao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Sauté . To Stir-Fry . To Speculate . To Hype . To Fire (Sb)
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo
少
Pinyin:shao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Few . Less . To Lack . To Be Missing . To Stop (Doing Sth) . Seldom
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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