Chinese Character 都 Meanings and components.

Form

都

Meaning

都 meaning[3] in English

Surname Du.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 都 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (after a verb … (者) , and (阝)

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

In cangjie it is written with JANL

How to write 都

To write都dou1surname Du you should write a combination of 者zhe3(after a … , 阝fu4 arranged in a 吅 shape:

者 + 阝 = 都

都 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

都
Pinyin:dou1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Du
者
Pinyin:zhe3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (After A Verb Or Adjective) One Who (Is) ... . (After A Noun) Person Involved In ... . -Er . -Ist . (Used After A Number Or 後|后[Hou4] Or 前[Qian2] To Refer To Sth Mentioned Previously) . (Used After A Term, To Mark A Pause Before Defining The Term) . (Old) (Used At The End Of A Command) . (Old) This
耂
Pinyin:lao3
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
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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