Chinese Character 侃 Meanings and components.

Form

侃

Meaning

侃 meaning[3] in English

Upright And Honest.

Cheerful.

To Chat Idly.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 侃 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , mouth (口) , and abbr. for Sichuan … (川)

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 ORHU

How to write 侃

To write侃kan3upright and … you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 口kou3mouth 川chuan1abbr. for … arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 口 + 川 = 侃

侃 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

侃
Pinyin:kan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Upright And Honest . Cheerful . To Chat Idly . To Boast . To Talk Smoothly
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]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
川
Pinyin:chuan1
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Sichuan Province 四川[Si4 Chuan1] In Southwest China

Notes

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

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

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