Chinese Character 約 Meanings and components.

Form

約

Meaning

約 meaning[3] in English

To Weigh In A Balance Or On A Scale.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 約 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (糹) , and spoon (勺)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VFPI

How to write 約

To write約yue1to weigh … you should write a combination of 糹si1'silk' radical … , 勺shao2spoon arranged in a 吅 shape:

糹 + 勺 = 約

約 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

約
Pinyin:yue1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Weigh In A Balance Or On A Scale
糹
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
勺
Pinyin:shao2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Spoon . Ladle . Cl:把[Ba3] . Abbr. For 公勺[Gong1 Shao2], Centiliter (Unit Of Volume)
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
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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