Chinese Character 穀 Meanings and components.

Form

穀

Meaning

穀 meaning[3] in English

Grain.

Corn.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 穀 can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shi (士) , 'cover' radical in … (冖) , cereal (禾) , and surname Shu (殳)

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

In cangjie it is written with GDHNE

How to write 穀

To write穀gu3grain you should write a combination of 士shi4surname Shi 冖mi4'cover' radical … 禾he2cereal , 殳shu1surname Shu arranged in a 吅 shape:

士 + 冖 + 禾 + 殳 = 穀

穀 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

穀
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Grain . Corn
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
冖
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: 'Cover' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 14), Occurring In 軍|军[Jun1], 冠[Guan1] Etc, Known As 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[Tu1 Bao3 Gai4] Or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[Ping2 Bao3 Gai4]
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
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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