Chinese Character 状 Meanings and components.

Form

状

Meaning

状 meaning[3] in English

Accusation.

Suit.

State.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 状 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'piece of wood' … (丬) , and dog (犬)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with LMIK

How to write 状

To write状zhuang4accusation you should write a combination of 丬qiang2'piece of … , 犬quan3dog arranged in a 吅 shape:

丬 + 犬 = 状

状 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

状
Pinyin:zhuang4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Accusation . Suit . State . Condition . Strong . Great . -Shaped
丬
Pinyin:qiang2
Meaning[3]: 'Piece Of Wood' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 90), Mirror Image Of 片[Pian4]
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]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
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
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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