Chinese Character 呏 Meanings and components.

Form

呏

Meaning

呏 meaning[3] in English

Gallon.

Quart.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 呏 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and to ascend (升)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RHT

How to write 呏

To write呏sheng1gallon you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 升sheng1to ascend arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 升 = 呏

呏 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

呏
Pinyin:sheng1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Gallon . Quart
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
升
Pinyin:sheng1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Ascend . To Rise To The Rank Of . To Promote . To Hoist . Liter . Measure For Dry Grain Equal To One-Tenth Dou 斗[Dou3]

Notes

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

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

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