Chinese Character 瓢 Meanings and components.

Form

瓢

Meaning

瓢 meaning[3] in English

Dipper.

Ladle.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 瓢 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are ticket (票) , and melon (瓜)

Its radical[1] is: 瓜 (gua1) which means: Melon, Gourd, Squash, .瓜gua1melon

In cangjie it is written with MFHVO

How to write 瓢

To write瓢piao2dipper you should write a combination of 票piao4ticket , 瓜gua1melon arranged in a 吅 shape:

票 + 瓜 = 瓢

瓢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

瓢
Pinyin:piao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dipper . Ladle
票
Pinyin:piao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ticket . Ballot . Banknote . Cl:張|张[Zhang1] . Person Held For Ransom . Amateur Performance Of Chinese Opera . Classifier For Groups, Batches, Business Transactions
覀
Pinyin:xi1
示
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: To Show . To Reveal
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
瓜
Pinyin:gua1
Meaning[3]: Melon . Gourd . Squash

Notes

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

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

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