Chinese Character 穷 Meanings and components.

Form

穷

Meaning

穷 meaning[3] in English

Poor.

Destitute.

To Use Up.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 穷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cave (穴) , and surname Li (力)

Its radical[1] is: 穴 (xue2) which means: Cave, Cavity, Hole, Acupuncture Point, Taiwan Pr. [Xue4], .穴xue2cave

In cangjie it is written with JCKS

How to write 穷

To write穷qiong2poor you should write a combination of 穴xue2cave , 力li4surname Li arranged in a 吕 shape:

穴 + 力 = 穷

穷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

穷
Pinyin:qiong2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Poor . Destitute . To Use Up . To Exhaust . Thoroughly . Extremely . (Coll.) Persistently And Pointlessly
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
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

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

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

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