Chinese Character 煞 Meanings and components.

Form

煞

Meaning

煞 meaning[3] in English

To Terminate.

To Cut Short.

To Bring To A Stop.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 煞 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are to mow or … (刍) , (攵) , and 'fire' radical in … (灬)

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

In cangjie it is written with NKF

How to write 煞

To write煞sha1to terminate you should write a combination of 刍chu2to mow … 攵pu1 , 灬biao1'fire' radical … arranged in a 吕 shape:

刍 + 攵 + 灬 = 煞

煞 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

煞
Pinyin:sha1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Terminate . To Cut Short . To Bring To A Stop . To Squeeze . To Tighten . To Damage . Variant Of 殺|杀[Sha1]
刍
Pinyin:chu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Mow Or Cut Grass . Hay . Straw . Fodder
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
彐
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Pig Snout (Kangxi Radical 58)
攵
Pinyin:pu1
灬
Pinyin:biao1
Meaning[3]: 'Fire' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 86), Occurring In 熙, 然, 熊 Etc

Notes

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

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

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