Chinese Character 赎 Meanings and components.

Form

赎

Meaning

赎 meaning[3] in English

To Redeem.

To Ransom.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 赎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Bei (贝) , and to sell (卖)

Its radical[1] is: 貝 (bei4) which means: Surname Bei, .貝bei4surname Bei

In cangjie it is written with BOJNK

How to write 赎

To write赎shu2to redeem you should write a combination of 贝bei4surname Bei , 卖mai4to sell arranged in a 吅 shape:

贝 + 卖 = 赎

赎 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

赎
Pinyin:shu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Redeem . To Ransom
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
卖
Pinyin:mai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Sell . To Betray . To Spare No Effort . To Show Off Or Flaunt
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
买
Pinyin:mai3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Buy . To Purchase
乛
Pinyin:ya5
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 乙[Zhe2]
头
Pinyin:tou2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Head . Hair Style . The Top . End . Beginning Or End . A Stub . Remnant . Chief . Boss . Side . Aspect . First . Leading . Classifier For Pigs Or Livestock . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]

Notes

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

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

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