Chinese Character 透 Meanings and components.

Form

透

Meaning

透 meaning[3] in English

To Penetrate.

To Pass Through.

Thoroughly.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 透 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (side … (辶) , and handsome (秀)

Its radical[1] is: 辵 (chuo4) which means: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character), .辵chuo4to walk …

In cangjie it is written with YHDS

How to write 透

To write透tou4to penetrate you should write a combination of 辶chuo4to walk … , 秀xiu4handsome arranged in a 吅 shape:

辶 + 秀 = 透

透 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

透
Pinyin:tou4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Penetrate . To Pass Through . Thoroughly . Completely . Transparent . To Appear . To Show
辶
Pinyin:chuo4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character)
秀
Pinyin:xiu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Handsome . Refined . Elegant . Graceful . Superior . Show (Loanword) . Cl:場|场[Chang2] . (Literary) To Grow . To Bloom . (Of Crops) To Produce Ears
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
乃
Pinyin:nai3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Be . Thus . So . Therefore . Then . Only . Thereupon

Notes

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

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

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