Chinese Character 祷 Meanings and components.

Form

祷

Meaning

祷 meaning[3] in English

Prayer.

Pray.

Supplication.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IFQKI

How to write 祷

To write祷dao3prayer you should write a combination of 礻shi4 , 寿shou4surname Shou arranged in a 吅 shape:

礻 + 寿 = 祷

祷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

祷
Pinyin:dao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Prayer . Pray . Supplication
礻
Pinyin:shi4
寿
Pinyin:shou4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Shou
丰
Pinyin:feng1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Luxuriant . Buxom . Variant Of 豐|丰[Feng1] . Variant Of 風|风[Feng1] . Appearance . Charm
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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