Chinese Character 翹 Meanings and components.

Form

翹

Meaning

翹 meaning[3] in English

Outstanding.

To Raise.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 翹 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Yao (堯) , and feather (羽)

Its radical[1] is: 羽 (yu3) which means: Feather, 5th Note In Pentatonic Scale, .羽yu3feather

In cangjie it is written with GUSMM

How to write 翹

To write翹qiao4outstanding you should write a combination of 堯yao2surname Yao , 羽yu3feather arranged in a 吅 shape:

堯 + 羽 = 翹

翹 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

翹
Pinyin:qiao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Outstanding . To Raise
堯
Pinyin:yao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao . Yao Or Tang Yao (C. 2200 Bc), One Of Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], Second Son Of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
垚
Pinyin:yao2 Shape:品
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 堯|尧, Legendary Emperor Yao, C. 2200 Bc . Embankment
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
兀
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
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
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
羽
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Feather . 5th Note In Pentatonic Scale
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi

Notes

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

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

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