Chinese Character 鬍 Meanings and components.

Form

鬍

Meaning

鬍 meaning[3] in English

Beard.

Mustache.

Whiskers.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鬍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are hair (髟) , and surname Hu (胡)

Its radical[1] is: 髟 (biao1) which means: Hair, Shaggy, .髟biao1hair

In cangjie it is written with SHJRB

How to write 鬍

To write鬍hu2beard you should write a combination of 髟biao1hair , 胡hu2surname Hu arranged in a 吕 shape:

髟 + 胡 = 鬍

鬍 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鬍
Pinyin:hu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Beard . Mustache . Whiskers
髟
Pinyin:biao1
Meaning[3]: Hair . Shaggy
镸
Pinyin:chang2
Meaning[3]: 'Long' Or 'To Grow' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 168)
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)
胡
Pinyin:hu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Hu
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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