Chinese Character 挈 Meanings and components.

Form

挈

Meaning

挈 meaning[3] in English

To Raise.

To Lift.

To Take Along (E.G. One's Family).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 挈 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (㓞) , and hand (手)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QHQ

How to write 挈

To write挈qie4to raise you should write a combination of 㓞qia4 , 手shou3hand arranged in a 吕 shape:

㓞 + 手 = 挈

挈 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

挈
Pinyin:qie4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Raise . To Lift . To Take Along (E.G. One'S Family)
㓞
Pinyin:qia4 Shape:吅
丰
Pinyin:feng1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Luxuriant . Buxom . Variant Of 豐|丰[Feng1] . Variant Of 風|风[Feng1] . Appearance . Charm
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
手
Pinyin:shou3
Meaning[3]: Hand . (Formal) To Hold . Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work . Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work . Personal(Ly) . Convenient . Classifier For Skill . Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1]

Notes

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

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

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