Chinese Character 关 Meanings and components.

Form

关

Meaning

关 meaning[3] in English

Surname Guan.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 关 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'eight' component in … (丷) , and day (天)

Its radical[1] is: 八 (ba1) which means: Eight, 8, .八ba1eight

In cangjie it is written with TK

How to write 关

To write关guan1surname Guan you should write a combination of 丷ba1'eight' component … , 天tian1day arranged in a 吕 shape:

丷 + 天 = 关

关 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

关
Pinyin:guan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Guan
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
天
Pinyin:tian1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Day . Sky . Heaven
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

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

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

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