Chinese Character 锚 Meanings and components.

Form

锚

Meaning

锚 meaning[3] in English

Anchor.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 锚 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (钅) , and Hmong or Miao … (苗)

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 OPTW

How to write 锚

To write锚mao2anchor you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , 苗miao2Hmong or … arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + 苗 = 锚

锚 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

锚
Pinyin:mao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Anchor
钅
Pinyin:jin1
苗
Pinyin:miao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Hmong Or Miao Ethnic Group Of Southwest China . Surname Miao
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian

Notes

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

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

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