Chinese Character 祖 Meanings and components.

Form

祖

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 祖 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (礻) , and and (且)

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

In cangjie it is written with IFBM

To write祖zu3surname Zu you should write a combination of 礻shi4 , 且qie3and arranged in a 吅 shape:

礻 + 且 = 祖

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

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

Meaning^[3]: Surname Zu

Meaning^[3]: And . Moreover . Yet . For The Time Being . To Be About To . Both (... And...)