Chinese Character 袖 Meanings and components.

Form

袖

Meaning

袖 meaning[3] in English

Sleeve.

To Tuck Inside One's Sleeve.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 袖 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are the left-radical form … (衤) , and to follow (由)

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

In cangjie it is written with LLW

How to write 袖

To write袖xiu4sleeve you should write a combination of 衤yi1the left-radical … , 由you2to follow arranged in a 吅 shape:

衤 + 由 = 袖

袖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

袖
Pinyin:xiu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sleeve . To Tuck Inside One'S Sleeve
衤
Pinyin:yi1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: The Left-Radical Form Of Kangxi Radical 145, 衣[Yi1]
由
Pinyin:you2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Follow . From . Because Of . Due To . By . Via . Through . (Before A Noun And A Verb) It Is For ... To ...
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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