Chinese Character 偃 Meanings and components.

Form

偃

Meaning

偃 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yan.

View more meanings of 偃 in English

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 偃 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and to hide, to … (匽)

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 OSAV

How to write 偃

To write偃yan3surname Yan you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 匽yan3to hide, … arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 匽 = 偃

偃 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

偃
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Yan
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]
匽
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Hide, To Secrete, To Repress . To Bend
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
妟
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 偃in English or Chinese