Chinese Character 耦 Meanings and components.

Form

耦

Meaning

耦 meaning[3] in English

A Pair.

A Mate.

A Couple.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 耦 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are plow (耒) , and archaic variant of … (禺)

Its radical[1] is: 耒 (lei3) which means: Plow, .耒lei3plow

In cangjie it is written with QDWLB

How to write 耦

To write耦ou3a pair you should write a combination of 耒lei3plow , 禺yu2archaic variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

耒 + 禺 = 耦

耦 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

耦
Pinyin:ou3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: A Pair . A Mate . A Couple . To Couple . Plowshare
耒
Pinyin:lei3
Meaning[3]: Plow
未
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Not Yet . Did Not . Have Not . Not . 8th Earthly Branch: 1-3 P.M., 6th Solar Month (7th July-6th August), Year Of The Sheep . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 210°
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
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
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
禺
Pinyin:yu2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 偶[Ou3]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
禸
Pinyin:rou2
Meaning[3]: Trample

Notes

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

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

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