Chinese Character 竈 Meanings and components.

Form

竈

Meaning

竈 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 灶[Zao4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 竈 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are cave (穴) , Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and toad (黽)

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

In cangjie it is written with JCGRU

How to write 竈

To write竈zao4variant of … you should write a combination of 穴xue2cave 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 黽mian3toad arranged in a 吕 shape:

穴 + 土 + 黽 = 竈

竈 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

竈
Pinyin:zao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 灶[Zao4]
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
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
黽
Pinyin:mian3
Meaning[3]: Toad

Notes

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

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

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