Chinese Character 租 Meanings and components.

Form

租

Meaning

租 meaning[3] in English

To Hire.

To Rent.

To Charter.

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Main Components

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

Its radical[1] is: 禾 (he2) which means: Cereal, Grain, .禾he2cereal

In cangjie it is written with HDBM

How to write 租

To write租zu1to hire you should write a combination of 禾he2cereal , 且qie3and arranged in a 吅 shape:

禾 + 且 = 租

租 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

租
Pinyin:zu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Hire . To Rent . To Charter . To Rent Out . To Lease Out . Rent . Land Tax
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
且
Pinyin:qie3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: And . Moreover . Yet . For The Time Being . To Be About To . Both (... And...)

Notes

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

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

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