Chinese Character 茆 Meanings and components.

Form

茆

Meaning

茆 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 茅[Mao2].

Thatch.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 茆 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 mortise (slot cut … (卯)

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

In cangjie it is written with THHL

How to write 茆

To write茆mao2variant of … you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 卯mao3mortise (slot … arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 卯 = 茆

茆 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

茆
Pinyin:mao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 茅[Mao2] . Thatch
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
卯
Pinyin:mao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mortise (Slot Cut Into Wood To Receive A Tenon) . 4th Earthly Branch: 5-7 A.M., 2nd Solar Month (6th March-4th April), Year Of The Rabbit . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 90° (East) . Variant Of 鉚|铆[Mao3] . To Exert One'S Strength
𠂎
Pinyin:𠂎5 Shape:一
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

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

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

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