Chinese Character 鈷 Meanings and components.

Form

鈷

Meaning

鈷 meaning[3] in English

Cobalt (Chemistry).

Taiwan Pr. [Gu1].

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Main Components

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

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 CJR

How to write 鈷

To write鈷gu3cobalt (chemistry) you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 古gu3surname Gu arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 古 = 鈷

鈷 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鈷
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cobalt (Chemistry) . Taiwan Pr. [Gu1]
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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