Chinese Character 胄 Meanings and components.

Form

胄

Meaning

胄 meaning[3] in English

Helmet.

Descendants.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 胄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to follow (由) , and moon (月)

Its radical[1] is: 肉 (rou4) which means: Meat, Flesh, Pulp (Of A Fruit), (Coll.) (Of A Fruit) Squashy, (Of A Person) Flabby, Irresolute, Kangxi Radical 130, .肉rou4meat

In cangjie it is written with LWB

How to write 胄

To write胄zhou4helmet you should write a combination of 由you2to follow , 月yue4moon arranged in a 吕 shape:

由 + 月 = 胄

胄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

胄
Pinyin:zhou4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Helmet . Descendants
由
Pinyin:you2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Follow . From . Because Of . Due To . By . Via . Through . (Before A Noun And A Verb) It Is For ... To ...
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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