Chinese Character 糕 Meanings and components.

Form

糕

Meaning

糕 meaning[3] in English

Cake.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with FDTGF

How to write 糕

To write糕gao1cake you should write a combination of 米mi3surname Mi , 羔gao1lamb arranged in a 吅 shape:

米 + 羔 = 糕

糕 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

糕
Pinyin:gao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cake
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]
羔
Pinyin:gao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Lamb
𦍌
Pinyin:ren4 Shape:*
羊
Pinyin:yang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yang
灬
Pinyin:biao1
Meaning[3]: 'Fire' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 86), Occurring In 熙, 然, 熊 Etc

Notes

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

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

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