Chinese Character 健 Meanings and components.

Form

健

Meaning

健 meaning[3] in English

Healthy.

To Invigorate.

To Strengthen.

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Main Components

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

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 ONKQ

How to write 健

To write健jian4healthy you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 建jian4to establish arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 建 = 健

健 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

健
Pinyin:jian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Healthy . To Invigorate . To Strengthen . To Be Good At . To Be Strong In
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]
建
Pinyin:jian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Establish . To Found . To Set Up . To Build . To Construct
廴
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: 'Long Stride' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 54), Occurring In 建, 延, 廷 Etc
聿
Pinyin:yu4
Meaning[3]: (Arch. Introductory Particle) . Then . And Then
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

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

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

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