Chinese Character 留 Meanings and components.

Form

留

Meaning

留 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 留[Liu2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 留 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mortise (slot cut … (卯) , and surname Tian (田)

Its radical[1] is: 田 (tian2) which means: Surname Tian, .田tian2surname Tian

In cangjie it is written with HHW

How to write 留

To write留liu2old variant … you should write a combination of 卯mao3mortise (slot … , 田tian2surname Tian arranged in a 吕 shape:

卯 + 田 = 留

留 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

留
Pinyin:liu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 留[Liu2]
卯
Pinyin:mao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mortise (Slot Cut Into Wood To Receive A Tenon) . 4th Earthly Branch: 5-7 A.M., 2nd Solar Month (6th March-4th April), Year Of The Rabbit . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 90° (East) . Variant Of 鉚|铆[Mao3] . To Exert One'S Strength
𠂎
Pinyin:𠂎5 Shape:一
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian

Notes

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

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

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