Chinese Character 罚 Meanings and components.

Form

罚

Meaning

罚 meaning[3] in English

To Punish.

To Penalize.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 罚 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are net (Kangxi radical … (罒) , and (䚯)

Its radical[1] is: 网 (wang3) which means: Net, Network, .网wang3net

In cangjie it is written with WLIVN

How to write 罚

To write罚fa2to punish you should write a combination of 罒wang3net (Kangxi … , 䚯tao3 arranged in a 吕 shape:

罒 + 䚯 = 罚

罚 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

罚
Pinyin:fa2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Punish . To Penalize
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
䚯
Pinyin:tao3 Shape:吅
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

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

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

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