Chinese Character 儺 Meanings and components.

Form

儺

Meaning

儺 meaning[3] in English

To Exorcise Demons.

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Main Components

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

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 OTOG

How to write 儺

To write儺nuo2to exorcise … you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 難nan2difficult (to...) arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 難 = 儺

儺 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

儺
Pinyin:nuo2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Exorcise Demons
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]
難
Pinyin:nan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Difficult (To...) . Problem . Difficulty . Difficult . Not Good
堇
Pinyin:jin3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Clay . Old Variant Of 僅|仅[Jin3] . Violet (Plant)
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

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

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

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