Chinese Character 绸 Meanings and components.

Form

绸

Meaning

绸 meaning[3] in English

(Light) Silk.

Cl:匹[Pi3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 绸 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: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VMBGR

How to write 绸

To write绸chou2(light) silk you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 周zhou1surname Zhou arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 周 = 绸

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 绸, looks as follow:

绸
Pinyin:chou2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Light) Silk . Cl:匹[Pi3]
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
周
Pinyin:zhou1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhou . Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 Bc)
冂
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]
吉
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji . Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
口
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: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

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

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