Chinese Character 鬚 Meanings and components.

Form

鬚

Meaning

鬚 meaning[3] in English

Beard.

Mustache.

Feeler (Of An Insect Etc).

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with SHHHC

How to write 鬚

To write鬚xu1beard you should write a combination of 髟biao1hair , 須xu1must arranged in a 吕 shape:

髟 + 須 = 鬚

鬚 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鬚
Pinyin:xu1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Beard . Mustache . Feeler (Of An Insect Etc) . Tassel
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)
須
Pinyin:xu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Must . To Have To . To Wait
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)
頁
Pinyin:ye4
Meaning[3]: Head
丆
Pinyin:han3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Myeon'), An Ancient Korean Writing System
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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