Chinese Character 爵 Meanings and components.

Form

爵

Meaning

爵 meaning[3] in English

Ancient Bronze Wine Holder With 3 Legs And Loop Handle.

Nobility.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 爵 can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are 'claw' radical in … (爫) , net (Kangxi radical … (罒) , (?) , and a unit of … (寸)

Its radical[1] is: 爪 (zhao3) which means: Foot Of A Bird Or Animal, Paw, Claws, Talons, .爪zhao3foot of …

In cangjie it is written with BWLI

How to write 爵

To write爵jue2ancient bronze … you should write a combination of 爫zhao3'claw' radical … , 罒wang3net (Kangxi … ?? 寸cun4a unit … arranged in a 吕 shape:

爫 + 罒 + ? + 寸 = 爵

爵 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

爵
Pinyin:jue2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ancient Bronze Wine Holder With 3 Legs And Loop Handle . Nobility
爫
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: 'Claw' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 87)
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
?
Pinyin:?
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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