Chinese Character 竇 Meanings and components.

Form

竇

Meaning

竇 meaning[3] in English

Surname Dou.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with JCGWC

How to write 竇

To write竇dou4surname Dou you should write a combination of 穴xue2cave , 賣mai4to sell arranged in a 吕 shape:

穴 + 賣 = 竇

竇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

竇
Pinyin:dou4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Dou
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
賣
Pinyin:mai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Sell . To Betray . To Spare No Effort . To Show Off Or Flaunt
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
買
Pinyin:mai3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Buy . To Purchase
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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