Chinese Character 跋 Meanings and components.

Form

跋

Meaning

跋 meaning[3] in English

Postscript.

To Trek Across Mountains.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 跋 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are excessive (足) , and old variant of … (犮)

Its radical[1] is: 足 (zu2) which means: Excessive, .足zu2excessive

In cangjie it is written with RMIKK

How to write 跋

To write跋ba2postscript you should write a combination of 足zu2excessive , 犮ba2old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

足 + 犮 = 跋

跋 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

跋
Pinyin:ba2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Postscript . To Trek Across Mountains
足
Pinyin:zu2
Meaning[3]: Excessive
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
龰
Pinyin:龰5 Shape:一
犮
Pinyin:ba2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 拔[Ba2]
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
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
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

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

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

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