Chinese Character 箓 Meanings and components.

Form

箓

Meaning

箓 meaning[3] in English

Records.

Book.

Taoist Written Charm.

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Main Components

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

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 HNME

How to write 箓

To write箓lu4records you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 录lu4surname Lu arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 录 = 箓

箓 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

箓
Pinyin:lu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Records . Book . Taoist Written Charm . Book Of Prophecy (E.G. Of Dynastic Fortunes)
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]
录
Pinyin:lu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Lu
彐
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Pig Snout (Kangxi Radical 58)
氺
Pinyin:shui3
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 水[Shui3]

Notes

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

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

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