Chinese Character 陡 Meanings and components.

Form

陡

Meaning

陡 meaning[3] in English

Steep.

Precipitous.

Abrubtly.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 陡 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (阝) , and to walk (走)

Its radical[1] is: 阜 (fu4) which means: Abundant, Mound, .阜fu4abundant

In cangjie it is written with NLGYO

How to write 陡

To write陡dou3steep you should write a combination of 阝fu4 , 走zou3to walk arranged in a 吅 shape:

阝 + 走 = 陡

陡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

陡
Pinyin:dou3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Steep . Precipitous . Abrubtly . Suddenly . Unexpectedly
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一
走
Pinyin:zou3
Meaning[3]: To Walk . To Go . To Run . To Move (Of Vehicle) . To Visit . To Leave . To Go Away . To Die (Euph.) . From . Through . Away (In Compound Verbs, Such As 撤走[Che4 Zou3]) . To Change (Shape, Form, Meaning)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
龰
Pinyin:龰5 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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