Chinese Character 縷 Meanings and components.

Form

縷

Meaning

縷 meaning[3] in English

Strand.

Thread.

Detailed.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VFLLV

How to write 縷

To write縷lv3strand you should write a combination of 糹si1'silk' radical … , 婁lou2surname Lou arranged in a 吅 shape:

糹 + 婁 = 縷

縷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

縷
Pinyin:lv3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Strand . Thread . Detailed . In Detail . Classifier For Wisps (Of Smoke, Mist Or Vapor), Strands, Locks (Of Hair)
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
婁
Pinyin:lou2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Lou . One Of The 28 Lunar Mansions In Chinese Astronomy
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

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

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

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