Chinese Character 魄 Meanings and components.

Form

魄

Meaning

魄 meaning[3] in English

Soul.

Mortal Soul, I.E. Attached To The Body.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 魄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Bai (白) , and ghost (鬼)

Its radical[1] is: 鬼 (gui3) which means: Ghost, Demon, Terrible, Damnable, Clever, Sly, Crafty, (Suffix For Sb With A Certain Vice Or Addiction Etc), One Of The 28 Constellations, .鬼gui3ghost

In cangjie it is written with HAHUI

How to write 魄

To write魄po4soul you should write a combination of 白bai2surname Bai , 鬼gui3ghost arranged in a 吅 shape:

白 + 鬼 = 魄

魄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

魄
Pinyin:po4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Soul . Mortal Soul, I.E. Attached To The Body
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]
鬼
Pinyin:gui3
Meaning[3]: Ghost . Demon . Terrible . Damnable . Clever . Sly . Crafty . (Suffix For Sb With A Certain Vice Or Addiction Etc) . One Of The 28 Constellations

Notes

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

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

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