Chinese Character 讨 Meanings and components.

Form

讨

Meaning

讨 meaning[3] in English

To Invite.

To Provoke.

To Demand Or Ask For.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 讨 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , and a unit of … (寸)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with IVDI

How to write 讨

To write讨tao3to invite you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 寸cun4a unit … arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 寸 = 讨

讨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

讨
Pinyin:tao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Invite . To Provoke . To Demand Or Ask For . To Send Armed Forces To Suppress . To Denounce Or Condemn . To Marry (A Woman) . To Discuss Or Study
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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