Chinese Character 祿 Meanings and components.

Form

祿

Meaning

祿 meaning[3] in English

Good Fortune.

Official Salary.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 祿 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to show (示) , and to carve wood (彔)

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

In cangjie it is written with IFVNE

How to write 祿

To write祿lu4good fortune you should write a combination of 示shi4to show , 彔lu4to carve … arranged in a 吅 shape:

示 + 彔 = 祿

祿 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

祿
Pinyin:lu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Good Fortune . Official Salary
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
彔
Pinyin:lu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Carve Wood
彑
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 彐[Ji4]
氺
Pinyin:shui3
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 水[Shui3]

Notes

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

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

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