Chinese Character 雹 Meanings and components.

Form

雹

Meaning

雹 meaning[3] in English

Hail.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 雹 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are rain (雨) , and surname Bao (包)

Its radical[1] is: 雨 (yu3) which means: Rain, Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2], .雨yu3rain

In cangjie it is written with MBPRU

How to write 雹

To write雹bao2hail you should write a combination of 雨yu3rain , 包bao1surname Bao arranged in a 吕 shape:

雨 + 包 = 雹

雹 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

雹
Pinyin:bao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Hail
雨
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Rain . Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2]
包
Pinyin:bao1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Bao
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
巳
Pinyin:si4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 6th Earthly Branch: 9-11 A.M., 4th Solar Month (5th May-5th June), Year Of The Snake . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 150°

Notes

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

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

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