Chinese Character 牡 Meanings and components.

Form

牡

Meaning

牡 meaning[3] in English

(Of A Bird, Animal Or Plant) Male.

Key.

Hills.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 牡 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (牜) , and Tu (ethnic group) (土)

Its radical[1] is: 牛 (niu2) which means: Surname Niu, .牛niu2surname Niu

In cangjie it is written with HQG

How to write 牡

To write牡mu3(of a … you should write a combination of 牜niu2 , 土tu3Tu (ethnic … arranged in a 吅 shape:

牜 + 土 = 牡

牡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

牡
Pinyin:mu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Of A Bird, Animal Or Plant) Male . Key . Hills
牜
Pinyin:niu2
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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