Chinese Character 筹 Meanings and components.

Form

筹

Meaning

筹 meaning[3] in English

Chip (In Gambling).

Token (For Counting).

Ticket.

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Main Components

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

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 HQKI

How to write 筹

To write筹chou2chip (in … you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 寿shou4surname Shou arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 寿 = 筹

筹 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

筹
Pinyin:chou2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Chip (In Gambling) . Token (For Counting) . Ticket . To Prepare . To Plan . To Raise (Funds) . Resource . Means
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]
寿
Pinyin:shou4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Shou
丰
Pinyin:feng1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Luxuriant . Buxom . Variant Of 豐|丰[Feng1] . Variant Of 風|风[Feng1] . Appearance . Charm
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 筹in English or Chinese