Chinese Character 罅 Meanings and components.

Form

罅

Meaning

罅 meaning[3] in English

Crack.

Grudge.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 罅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are pottery (缶) , and to exhale (虖)

Its radical[1] is: 缶 (fou3) which means: Pottery, .缶fou3pottery

In cangjie it is written with OUYPD

How to write 罅

To write罅xia4crack you should write a combination of 缶fou3pottery , 虖hu1to exhale arranged in a 吅 shape:

缶 + 虖 = 罅

罅 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

罅
Pinyin:xia4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Crack . Grudge
缶
Pinyin:fou3
Meaning[3]: Pottery
虖
Pinyin:hu1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Exhale . To Call . Scream Of Tiger
虍
Pinyin:hu1
Meaning[3]: Stripes Of A Tiger . 'Tiger' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 141)
乎
Pinyin:hu1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: (Classical Particle Similar To 於|于[Yu2]) In . At . From . Because . Than . (Classical Final Particle Similar To 嗎|吗[Ma5], 吧[Ba5], 呢[Ne5], Expressing Question, Doubt Or Astonishment)

Notes

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

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

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