Chinese Character 窮 Meanings and components.

Form

窮

Meaning

窮 meaning[3] in English

Poor.

Destitute.

To Use Up.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with JCHHN

How to write 窮

To write窮qiong2poor you should write a combination of 穴xue2cave , 躬gong1body arranged in a 吕 shape:

穴 + 躬 = 窮

窮 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

窮
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
躬
Pinyin:gong1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Body . Oneself . Personally . To Bow
身
Pinyin:shen1
Meaning[3]: Body . Life . Oneself . Personally . One'S Morality And Conduct . The Main Part Of A Structure Or Body . Pregnant . Classifier For Sets Of Clothes: Suit, Twinset . Kangxi Radical 158
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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