Chinese Character 篡 Meanings and components.

Form

篡

Meaning

篡 meaning[3] in English

To Seize.

To Usurp.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 篡 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to regard as (算) , and old variant of … (厶)

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 HBUI

How to write 篡

To write篡cuan4to seize you should write a combination of 算suan4to regard … , 厶si1old variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

算 + 厶 = 篡

篡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

篡
Pinyin:cuan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Seize . To Usurp
算
Pinyin:suan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Regard As . To Figure . To Calculate . To Compute
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]
𥃲
Pinyin:𥃲5
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 篡in English or Chinese