Chinese Character 胶 Meanings and components.

Form

胶

Meaning

胶 meaning[3] in English

To Glue.

Glue.

Gum.

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Main Components

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

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 BYCK

How to write 胶

To write胶jiao1to glue you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 交jiao1to hand … arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 交 = 胶

胶 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

胶
Pinyin:jiao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Glue . Glue . Gum . Rubber
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
交
Pinyin:jiao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Hand Over . To Deliver . To Pay (Money) . To Turn Over . To Make Friends . To Intersect (Lines) . Variant Of 跤[Jiao1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
父
Pinyin:fu4
Meaning[3]: Father

Notes

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

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

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