Chinese Character 窪 Meanings and components.

Form

窪

Meaning

窪 meaning[3] in English

Depression.

Sunken.

Swamp.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 窪 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cave (穴) , and variant of 窪|洼[wa1] (洼)

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

In cangjie it is written with JCEGG

How to write 窪

To write窪wa1depression you should write a combination of 穴xue2cave , 洼wa1variant of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

穴 + 洼 = 窪

窪 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

窪
Pinyin:wa1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Depression . Sunken . Swamp
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
洼
Pinyin:wa1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 窪|洼[Wa1]
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
圭
Pinyin:gui1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Old) Jade Tablet (A Ceremonial Badge Of Rank)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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