Chinese Character 犊 Meanings and components.

Form

犊

Meaning

犊 meaning[3] in English

Calf.

Sacrificial Victim.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 犊 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (牜) , and to sell (卖)

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

In cangjie it is written with HQJNK

How to write 犊

To write犊du2calf you should write a combination of 牜niu2 , 卖mai4to sell arranged in a 吅 shape:

牜 + 卖 = 犊

犊 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

犊
Pinyin:du2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Calf . Sacrificial Victim
牜
Pinyin:niu2
卖
Pinyin:mai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Sell . To Betray . To Spare No Effort . To Show Off Or Flaunt
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
买
Pinyin:mai3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Buy . To Purchase
乛
Pinyin:ya5
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 乙[Zhe2]
头
Pinyin:tou2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Head . Hair Style . The Top . End . Beginning Or End . A Stub . Remnant . Chief . Boss . Side . Aspect . First . Leading . Classifier For Pigs Or Livestock . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]

Notes

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

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

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