Chinese Character 艏 Meanings and components.

Form

艏

Meaning

艏 meaning[3] in English

Bow Of A Ship.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 艏 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are boat (舟) , and head (首)

Its radical[1] is: 舟 (zhou1) which means: Boat, .舟zhou1boat

In cangjie it is written with HYTHU

How to write 艏

To write艏shou3bow of … you should write a combination of 舟zhou1boat , 首shou3head arranged in a 吅 shape:

舟 + 首 = 艏

艏 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

艏
Pinyin:shou3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Bow Of A Ship
舟
Pinyin:zhou1
Meaning[3]: Boat
首
Pinyin:shou3
Meaning[3]: Head . Chief . First (Occasion, Thing Etc) . Classifier For Poems, Songs Etc
䒑
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
自
Pinyin:zi4
Meaning[3]: Self . Oneself . From . Since . Naturally . Surely
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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