Chinese Character 触 Meanings and components.

Form

触

Meaning

触 meaning[3] in English

To Touch.

To Make Contact With Sth.

To Stir Up Sb's Emotions.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 触 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jue (角) , and lower form of … (虫)

Its radical[1] is: 角 (jiao3) which means: Surname Jue, .角jiao3surname Jue

In cangjie it is written with NBLMI

How to write 触

To write触chu4to touch you should write a combination of 角jiao3surname Jue , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 吅 shape:

角 + 虫 = 触

触 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

触
Pinyin:chu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Touch . To Make Contact With Sth . To Stir Up Sb'S Emotions
角
Pinyin:jiao3
Meaning[3]: Surname Jue
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
用
Pinyin:yong4
Meaning[3]: To Use . To Employ . To Have To . To Eat Or Drink . Expense Or Outlay . Usefulness . Hence . Therefore
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic

Notes

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

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

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