Chinese Character 箔 Meanings and components.

Form

箔

Meaning

箔 meaning[3] in English

Plaited Matting (Of Rushes, Bamboo Etc).

Silkworm Basket.

Metal Foil.

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Main Components

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

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 HEHA

How to write 箔

To write箔bo2plaited matting … you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 泊po1to anchor arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 泊 = 箔

箔 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

箔
Pinyin:bo2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Plaited Matting (Of Rushes, Bamboo Etc) . Silkworm Basket . Metal Foil . Foil Paper
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]
泊
Pinyin:po1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Anchor . Touch At . To Moor
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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