Chinese Character 釣 Meanings and components.

Form

釣

Meaning

釣 meaning[3] in English

To Fish With A Hook And Bait.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 釣 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and spoon (勺)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with CPI

How to write 釣

To write釣diao4to fish … you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 勺shao2spoon arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 勺 = 釣

釣 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

釣
Pinyin:diao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Fish With A Hook And Bait
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
勺
Pinyin:shao2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Spoon . Ladle . Cl:把[Ba3] . Abbr. For 公勺[Gong1 Shao2], Centiliter (Unit Of Volume)
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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