Chinese Character 捂 Meanings and components.

Form

捂

Meaning

捂 meaning[3] in English

To Enclose.

To Cover With The Hand (One's Eyes, Nose Or Ears).

To Cover Up (An Affair).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 捂 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Wu (吾)

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 QMMR

How to write 捂

To write捂wu3to enclose you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 吾wu2surname Wu arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 吾 = 捂

捂 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

捂
Pinyin:wu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Enclose . To Cover With The Hand (One'S Eyes, Nose Or Ears) . To Cover Up (An Affair) . Contrary . To Contradict
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
吾
Pinyin:wu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
五
Pinyin:wu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Five . 5
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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