Chinese Character 伸 Meanings and components.

Form

伸

Meaning

伸 meaning[3] in English

To Stretch.

To Extend.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 伸 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and old name for … (申)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OLWL

How to write 伸

To write伸shen1to stretch you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 申shen1old name … arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 申 = 伸

伸 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

伸
Pinyin:shen1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Stretch . To Extend
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
申
Pinyin:shen1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Old Name For Shanghai 上海[Shang4 Hai3] . Surname Shen
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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