Chinese Character 隍 Meanings and components.

Form

隍

Meaning

隍 meaning[3] in English

Dry Moat.

God Of City.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 隍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (阝) , and surname Huang (皇)

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

In cangjie it is written with NLHAG

How to write 隍

To write隍huang2dry moat you should write a combination of 阝fu4 , 皇huang2surname Huang arranged in a 吅 shape:

阝 + 皇 = 隍

隍 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

隍
Pinyin:huang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dry Moat . God Of City
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一
皇
Pinyin:huang2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Huang
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang

Notes

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

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

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