Chinese Character 表 Meanings and components.

Form

表

Meaning

表 meaning[3] in English

Exterior Surface.

Family Relationship Via Females.

To Show (One's Opinion).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 表 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are clothes (衣) , and Tu (ethnic group) (土)

Its radical[1] is: 衣 (yi1) which means: Clothes, Cl:件[Jian4], Kangxi Radical 145, .衣yi1clothes

In cangjie it is written with QMV

How to write 表

To write表biao3exterior surface you should write a combination of 衣yi1clothes , 土tu3Tu (ethnic … arranged in a 回 shape:

衣 + 土 = 表

表 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

表
Pinyin:biao3 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Exterior Surface . Family Relationship Via Females . To Show (One'S Opinion) . A Model . A Table (Listing Information) . A Form . A Meter (Measuring Sth)
衣
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: Clothes . Cl:件[Jian4] . Kangxi Radical 145
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
𧘇
Pinyin:𧘇5 Shape:一
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
𠄌
Pinyin:jue2
乀
Pinyin:fu2
Meaning[3]: Stretch
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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