Chinese Character 筘 Meanings and components.

Form

筘

Meaning

筘 meaning[3] in English

(A Measure Of Width Of Cloth).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 筘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bamboo (竹) , and to fasten (扣)

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 HQR

How to write 筘

To write筘kou4(a measure … you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 扣kou4to fasten arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 扣 = 筘

筘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

筘
Pinyin:kou4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (A Measure Of Width Of Cloth)
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]
扣
Pinyin:kou4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Fasten . To Button . Button . Buckle . Knot . To Arrest . To Confiscate . To Deduct (Money) . Discount . To Knock . To Smash, Spike Or Dunk (A Ball) . To Cover (With A Bowl Etc) . (Fig.) To Tag A Label On Sb . (Tw) (Loanword) Code
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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