Chinese Character 绸 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

绸 meaning[3] in English

(Light) Silk.

Cl:匹[Pi3].

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMBGR

How to write 绸

To writechou2(light) silk you should write a combination of si1'silk' radical … , zhou1surname Zhou arranged in a shape:

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绸 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:chou2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: (Light) Silk . Cl:匹[Pi3]

Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]

Pinyin:zhou1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhou . Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 Bc)

Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]

Pinyin:ji2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji . Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3]

Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi

Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 绸in English or Chinese