Chinese Character 筐 Meanings and components.

Form

筐

Meaning

筐 meaning[3] in English

Basket.

Cl:隻|只[Zhi1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 筐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bamboo (竹) , and surname Kuang (匡)

Its radical[1] is: 竹 (zhu2) which means: Bamboo, Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1], Kangxi Radical 118, .竹zhu2bamboo

In cangjie it is written with HSMG

How to write 筐

To write筐kuang1basket you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 匡kuang1surname Kuang arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 匡 = 筐

筐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

筐
Pinyin:kuang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Basket . Cl:隻|只[Zhi1]
竹
Pinyin:zhu2
Meaning[3]: Bamboo . Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1] . Kangxi Radical 118
亇
Pinyin:ma5 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 個|个[Ge4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
*
Pinyin:*
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]
匡
Pinyin:kuang1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Kuang
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 筐in English or Chinese