Chinese Character 若 Meanings and components.

Form

若

Meaning

若 meaning[3] in English

To Seem.

Like.

As.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 若 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 … (艹) , and right (-hand) (右)

Its radical[1] is: 艸 (cao3) which means: Variant Of 草[Cao3], .艸cao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with TKR

How to write 若

To write若ruo4to seem you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 右you4right (-hand) arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 右 = 若

若 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

若
Pinyin:ruo4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Seem . Like . As . If
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
右
Pinyin:you4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Right (-Hand) . The Right (Politics) . West (Old)
𠂇
Pinyin:zuo3 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 若in English or Chinese