Chinese Character 瘦 Meanings and components.

Form

瘦

Meaning

瘦 meaning[3] in English

Thin.

To Lose Weight.

(Of Clothing) Tight.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 瘦 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are sick (疒) , and old gentleman (叟)

Its radical[1] is: 疒 (ne4) which means: Sick, Sickness, Kang Xi Radical 104, Also Pr. [Chuang2], .疒ne4sick

In cangjie it is written with KHXE

How to write 瘦

To write瘦shou4thin you should write a combination of 疒ne4sick , 叟sou3old gentleman arranged in a 吕 shape:

疒 + 叟 = 瘦

瘦 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

瘦
Pinyin:shou4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thin . To Lose Weight . (Of Clothing) Tight . (Of Meat) Lean . (Of Land) Unproductive
疒
Pinyin:ne4
Meaning[3]: Sick . Sickness . Kang Xi Radical 104 . Also Pr. [Chuang2]
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]
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
叟
Pinyin:sou3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Old Gentleman . Old Man
𦥔
Pinyin:𦥔5 Shape:回
臼
Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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