Chinese Character 錠 Meanings and components.

Form

錠

Meaning

錠 meaning[3] in English

(Weaving) Spindle.

Ingot.

Pressed Cake Of Medicine Etc.

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Main Components

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

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 CJMO

How to write 錠

To write錠ding4(weaving) spindle you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 定ding4to set arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 定 = 錠

錠 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

錠
Pinyin:ding4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Weaving) Spindle . Ingot . Pressed Cake Of Medicine Etc . Classifier For: Gold And Silver Ingots, Ink Sticks
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
定
Pinyin:ding4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Set . To Fix . To Determine . To Decide . To Order
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
𤴓
Pinyin:ya3

Notes

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

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

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