Chinese Character 锈 Meanings and components.

Form

锈

Meaning

锈 meaning[3] in English

To Corrode.

To Rust.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 锈 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (钅) , and handsome (秀)

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 OPHDS

How to write 锈

To write锈xiu4to corrode you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , 秀xiu4handsome arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + 秀 = 锈

锈 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

锈
Pinyin:xiu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Corrode . To Rust
钅
Pinyin:jin1
秀
Pinyin:xiu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Handsome . Refined . Elegant . Graceful . Superior . Show (Loanword) . Cl:場|场[Chang2] . (Literary) To Grow . To Bloom . (Of Crops) To Produce Ears
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
乃
Pinyin:nai3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Be . Thus . So . Therefore . Then . Only . Thereupon

Notes

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

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

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