Chinese Character 粽 Meanings and components.

Form

粽

Meaning

粽 meaning[3] in English

Rice Dumplings Wrapped In Leaves.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 粽 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mi (米) , and surname Zong (宗)

Its radical[1] is: 米 (mi3) which means: Surname Mi, .米mi3surname Mi

In cangjie it is written with FDJMF

How to write 粽

To write粽zong4rice dumplings … you should write a combination of 米mi3surname Mi , 宗zong1surname Zong arranged in a 吅 shape:

米 + 宗 = 粽

粽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

粽
Pinyin:zong4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Rice Dumplings Wrapped In Leaves
米
Pinyin:mi3
Meaning[3]: Surname Mi
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
宗
Pinyin:zong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Zong
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]
示
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: To Show . To Reveal
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

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

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

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