Chinese Character 穴 Meanings and components.

Form

穴

Meaning

穴 meaning[3] in English

Cave.

Cavity.

Hole.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 穴 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , and eight (八)

No radical has been identified in it.

How to write 穴

To write穴xue2cave you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 八ba1eight

宀 + 八 = 穴

穴 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

穴
Pinyin:xue2
Meaning[3]: Cave . Cavity . Hole . Acupuncture Point . Taiwan Pr. [Xue4]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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