Chinese Character 衝 Meanings and components.

Form

衝

Meaning

衝 meaning[3] in English

Thoroughfare.

To Go Straight Ahead.

To Rush.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 衝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and to repeat (重)

Its radical[1] is: 行 (xing2) which means: Row, Line, Commercial Firm, Line Of Business, Profession, To Rank (First, Second Etc) Among One's Siblings (By Age), (In Data Tables) Row, (Tw) Column, .行xing2row

In cangjie it is written with HOHGN

How to write 衝

To write衝chong1thoroughfare you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 重zhong4to repeat arranged in a 弼 shape:

彳 + 重 = 衝

衝 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

衝
Pinyin:chong1 Shape:弼
Meaning[3]: Thoroughfare . To Go Straight Ahead . To Rush . To Clash
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
重
Pinyin:zhong4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Repeat . Repetition . Again . Re- . Classifier: Layer
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
里
Pinyin:li3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 裡|里[Li3]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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