Chinese Character 逗 Meanings and components.

Form

逗

Meaning

逗 meaning[3] in English

To Stay.

To Stop.

To Tease (Play With).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 逗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (side … (辶) , and variant of 豆[dou4] (豆)

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

In cangjie it is written with YMRT

How to write 逗

To write逗dou4to stay you should write a combination of 辶chuo4to walk … , 豆dou4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

辶 + 豆 = 逗

逗 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

逗
Pinyin:dou4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Stay . To Stop . To Tease (Play With) . Amusing . Short Pause In Reading Aloud, Equivalent To Comma (Also Written 讀|读[Dou4])
辶
Pinyin:chuo4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character)
豆
Pinyin:dou4
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 豆[Dou4]

Notes

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

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

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