Chinese Character 舞 Meanings and components.

Form

舞

Meaning

舞 meaning[3] in English

To Dance.

To Wield.

To Brandish.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 舞 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are not to have (無) , (*) , and mistaken (舛)

Its radical[1] is: 舛 (chuan3) which means: Mistaken, Erroneous, Contradictory, .舛chuan3mistaken

In cangjie it is written with OTNIQ

How to write 舞

To write舞wu3to dance you should write a combination of 無wu2not to … ** , 舛chuan3mistaken arranged in a 吕 shape:

無 + * + 舛 = 舞

舞 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

舞
Pinyin:wu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Dance . To Wield . To Brandish
無
Pinyin:wu2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Not To Have . No . None . Not . To Lack . Un- . -Less
*
Pinyin:*
舛
Pinyin:chuan3
Meaning[3]: Mistaken . Erroneous . Contradictory
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
㐄
Pinyin:kua4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters, Mirror Image Of 夂[Zhi3]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

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

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

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