Chinese Character 聳 Meanings and components.

Form

聳

Meaning

聳 meaning[3] in English

To Excite.

To Raise Up.

To Shrug.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 聳 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Cong (從) , and ear (耳)

Its radical[1] is: 耳 (er3) which means: Ear, Handle (Archaeology), And That Is All (Classical Chinese), .耳er3ear

In cangjie it is written with HOSJ

How to write 聳

To write聳song3to excite you should write a combination of 從cong2surname Cong , 耳er3ear arranged in a 吕 shape:

從 + 耳 = 聳

聳 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

聳
Pinyin:song3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Excite . To Raise Up . To Shrug . High . Lofty . Towering
從
Pinyin:cong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Cong
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
从
Pinyin:cong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Cong
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)

Notes

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

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

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