Chinese Character 犹 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

犹 meaning^[3] in English

As If.

(Just) Like.

Just As.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 犹 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and surname You (尤)

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

In cangjie it is written with KHIKU

How to write 犹

To write犹you2as if you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 尤you2surname You arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 尤 = 犹

犹 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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