Chinese Character 穹 Meanings and components.

Form

穹

Meaning

穹 meaning[3] in English

Vault.

Dome.

The Sky.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with JCN

How to write 穹

To write穹qiong2vault you should write a combination of 穴xue2cave , 弓gong1surname Gong arranged in a 吕 shape:

穴 + 弓 = 穹

穹 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

穹
Pinyin:qiong2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Vault . Dome . The Sky
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
弓
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong

Notes

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

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

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