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Word and Radical Components of 橡皮擦

The Chinese word 橡皮擦 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
橡皮擦 xiàngpícā 1. n. eraser (tool used to erase marks left by a pencil); rubber

橡皮擦 ⇨ 橡 + 皮 + 擦
Component Pinyin Meanings
橡 xiàng 1. Acorn (the fruit of the oak tree).
2. A tree in the genus Quercus.
皮 pí 1. skin; peel; shell
     甩皮 - to have flaky skin; to have peeling skin
     樹皮 - bark
     香蕉 皮 - banana peel
2. hide; leather
     皮鞋 - leather shoes
3. wrapper; cover; skin
     餃子zi 皮 - jiaozi wrapper
4. surface; top part
     水皮 - water surface
5. rubber
6. thin sheet
     鐵皮 - iron sheet
7. outer; superficial
8. sticky; glutinous
9. soggy; non-crispy
10. naughty; disobedient
11. thick-skinned
12. pico- (SI unit prefix)
13. (Cantonese, colloquial) ten thousand dollars
14. (Cantonese) Short for 皮費, operation expense
擦 cā 1. to rub
2. to be close to; to be near
3. to wipe; to scour; to scrub; to erase
     把 黑板 擦 乾gān淨 - to wipe the blackboard clean -
     擦 嗮 啲 錯字 - to erase all the incorrect characters -
4. to spread (paste etc.); to apply
5. to shred (melons and fruits)
6. (slang) Alternative form of 肏 (to fuck)
7. utensil for rubbing (e.g., eraser, shoe polish)
     黑板擦 - blackboard eraser -
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hanging scroll; wall hanging (a scroll that unrolls vertically for hanging on a wall)

橡 ⇨ 木 + 象
Component Pinyin Meanings
木 mù 1. tree; woody plant
     Synonyms: 樹
     樹木 - tree
     灌木 - shrub
     木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
     木頭tou - log
3. wooden
     這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
     木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
     棺木 - coffin
     就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
     有木有 - innit, damn right
6. numb
     麻木 - numb, insensitive
     她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
象 xiàng 1. elephant
     幼 象 - young elephant
2. ivory; tusk
     Synonyms: 象牙
     象床 - ivory-decorated bed
3. (Chinese chess) elephant (on the black side)
     Synonyms: 相
4. (chess) bishop
5. symbol; emblem
     象徵 - symbol
6. appearance; shape; phenomenon
     天象 - celestial phenomenon
     現象 - phenomenon
     景象 - scene
7. (TCM) complexion
     病象 - disease signs and symptoms
8. image; picture; portrait
9. sign; indication
10. (obsolete) law; legislation
11. (obsolete) principle
12. (obsolete) calendar
13. (literary) to imitate; to follow the example of
     象形 - pictogram
     象聲詞 - onomatopoeia
14. (literary) to trace; to outline; to depict
15. to resemble
16. (historical) government official that translates southern languages
17. (historical) Xiang, a commandery of Han China
18. Variant of 像
19. usage. 象 was the official simplified form of 像 only until 1986.

皮 ⇨ 丿 + 支
Component Pinyin Meanings
丿 piě 1. slash
yì 2. left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇
3. to arrive
支 zhī 1. to support; to bear; to sustain
2. to disburse; to pay; to defray
3. to prop up; to put up
4. to send away; to put off somebody
5. branch; limb; offshoot; subdivision
     (Alternative form 枝)
     (Alternative form 枝)
     唱 支 歌 嚟 聽 下haa5 吖！ - Sing a song for us!
6. (now usually derogatory and offensive) Short for 支那 China
     印支 - Indochina
     日 滿 支 親善 - friendship among Japan, Manchuria and China
     支語 警察 - (Taiwan, Internet slang) people who like to correct or criticize the use of Mainland terms, lit=Chink language police
7. (telegraphy) the fourth day of a month
8. Variant of 丈

擦 ⇨ 扌 + 察
Component Pinyin Meanings
手 shǒu 1. hand
2. expert; master
     高手 - master
3. -ist; -er
     歌手 - singer
4. convenient; handy; portable
     手機 - mobile phone
     手冊 - handbook
5. handwritten
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
9. (finance)
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
察 chá 1. to examine; to investigate; to notice
2. Short for 察哈爾
     晉 察 冀 邊區 - Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region

象 ⇨ ⺈ +
Component Pinyin Meanings
⺈ 1.
1.

察 ⇨ 宀 + 祭
Component Pinyin Meanings
宀 mián 1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms
2. a kind of flower
3. (Kangxi radical #40 宀* (“roof”))
4. usage. As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋頭.
祭 jì 1. to make offerings to; to sacrifice to; to worship
2. a ceremony where one offers sacrifices to one's ancestors
Zhài 3. Zhai (a state during the Spring and Autumn period (祭國))