Chinese Character 獨 Meanings and components.

Form

獨

Meaning

獨 meaning[3] in English

Alone.

Independent.

Single.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 獨 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and short name for … (蜀)

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

In cangjie it is written with KHWLI

How to write 獨

To write獨du2alone you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 蜀shu3short name … arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 蜀 = 獨

獨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

獨
Pinyin:du2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Alone . Independent . Single . Sole . Only
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
蜀
Pinyin:shu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Short Name For Sichuan 四川[Si4 Chuan1] Province . One Of The Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 Guo2] After The Han Dynasty, Also Called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], Situated Around What Is Now Sichuan Province
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
𠣜
Pinyin:𠣜5 Shape:回
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic

Notes

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

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

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