Chinese Character 较 Meanings and components.

Form

较

Meaning

较 meaning[3] in English

To Compare.

To Dispute.

Compared To.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 较 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Che (车) , and to hand over (交)

Its radical[1] is: 車 (che1) which means: Surname Che, .車che1surname Che

In cangjie it is written with KQYCK

How to write 较

To write较jiao4to compare you should write a combination of 车che1surname Che , 交jiao1to hand … arranged in a 吅 shape:

车 + 交 = 较

较 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

较
Pinyin:jiao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Compare . To Dispute . Compared To . (Before Adj.) Relatively . Comparatively . Rather . Also Pr. [Jiao3]
车
Pinyin:che1
Meaning[3]: Surname Che
交
Pinyin:jiao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Hand Over . To Deliver . To Pay (Money) . To Turn Over . To Make Friends . To Intersect (Lines) . Variant Of 跤[Jiao1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
父
Pinyin:fu4
Meaning[3]: Father

Notes

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

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

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