Chinese Character 箜 Meanings and components.

Form

箜

Meaning

箜 meaning[3] in English

Ancient Harp.

Cf 箜篌, Chinese Harp.

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Main Components

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

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 HJCM

How to write 箜

To write箜kong1ancient harp you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 空kong1empty arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 空 = 箜

箜 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

箜
Pinyin:kong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ancient Harp . Cf 箜篌, Chinese Harp
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]
空
Pinyin:kong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Empty . Air . Sky . In Vain
穴
Pinyin:xue2
Meaning[3]: Cave . Cavity . Hole . Acupuncture Point . Taiwan Pr. [Xue4]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor

Notes

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

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

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