Chinese Character 缩 Meanings and components.

Form

缩

Meaning

缩 meaning[3] in English

To Withdraw.

To Pull Back.

To Contract.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMJOA

How to write 缩

To write缩suo1to withdraw you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 宿su4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 宿 = 缩

缩 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

缩
Pinyin:suo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Withdraw . To Pull Back . To Contract . To Shrink . To Reduce . Abbreviation . Also Pr. [Su4]
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
宿
Pinyin:su4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 宿[Su4]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
佰
Pinyin:bai3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Hundred (Banker'S Anti-Fraud Numeral)
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
百
Pinyin:bai3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
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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