癶 meaning and stroke order
Legs
How to write 癶, stroke by stroke
5 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 癶
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- Kangxi radical 105, known as 登字頭|登字头[deng1 zi4 tou2]
How 癶 is built
Pictographic character. Two feet.
How to remember 癶
癶 (bō) is a picture of two feet side by side, one on the left and one on the right. Think of someone planting both feet to step up, which is why it sits on top of characters about climbing and setting out.
癶 is not used as a word by itself in modern Chinese. It appears as a top component, nicknamed 登字头 (dēng zì tóu), "the top of 登". You see it in 登 (dēng, to climb) and 发 in its traditional form 發 (fā, to send out), for example 登山 (dēng shān), "to climb a mountain".
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 癶 with 夕 or 夂 because of the slanted strokes, but 癶 has two mirrored halves, left and right. Another common slip is writing the top of 祭 (jì) as 癶. That top is a different shape and does not have the two matching halves.
Characters that contain 癶
Learning 癶 makes these easier to recognize and write.
Questions about 癶
How many strokes are in 癶?
癶 is written with 5 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 癶 mean?
癶 (bō) means legs.
How do you pronounce 癶?
癶 is pronounced bō, in the first tone (high and level).
Why is 癶 called 登字头?
Chinese speakers often name a component after a common character that contains it. 登 (dēng) is the best known character with 癶 on top, so people call it 登字头, "the head of 登".
Do I need to learn to say 癶 out loud?
Rarely. Its reading bō is mostly useful when looking it up in a dictionary or talking about radicals. In everyday speech people just say 登字头.