Chinese Character 祓 Meanings and components.

Form

祓

Meaning

祓 meaning[3] in English

To Cleanse.

To Remove Evil.

Ritual For Seeking Good Fortune And Avoiding Disaster.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 祓 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to show (示) , and old variant of … (犮)

Its radical[1] is: 示 (shi4) which means: To Show, To Reveal, .示shi4to show

In cangjie it is written with IFIKK

How to write 祓

To write祓fu2to cleanse you should write a combination of 示shi4to show , 犮ba2old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

示 + 犮 = 祓

祓 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

祓
Pinyin:fu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cleanse . To Remove Evil . Ritual For Seeking Good Fortune And Avoiding Disaster
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
犮
Pinyin:ba2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 拔[Ba2]
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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