Chinese Character 郭 Meanings and components.

Form

郭

Meaning

郭 meaning[3] in English

Surname Guo.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 郭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to enjoy (享) , and (阝)

Its radical[1] is: 邑 (yi4) which means: City, Village, .邑yi4city

In cangjie it is written with YDNL

How to write 郭

To write郭guo1surname Guo you should write a combination of 享xiang3to enjoy , 阝fu4 arranged in a 吅 shape:

享 + 阝 = 郭

郭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

郭
Pinyin:guo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Guo
享
Pinyin:xiang3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Enjoy . To Benefit . To Have The Use Of
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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