Chinese Character 菟 Meanings and components.

Form

菟

Meaning

菟 meaning[3] in English

Dodder (Cuscuta Sinensis, A Parasitic Vine With Seeds Having Medicinal Uses).

Also Called 菟絲子|菟丝子.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 菟 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 variant of 兔[tu4] (兔)

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

In cangjie it is written with TNAI

How to write 菟

To write菟tu2dodder (Cuscuta … you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 兔tu4variant of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 兔 = 菟

菟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

菟
Pinyin:tu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Dodder (Cuscuta Sinensis, A Parasitic Vine With Seeds Having Medicinal Uses) . Also Called 菟絲子|菟丝子
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
兔
Pinyin:tu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 兔[Tu4]
免
Pinyin:mian3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Excuse Sb . To Exempt . To Remove Or Dismiss From Office . To Avoid . To Avert . To Escape . To Be Prohibited
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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