Chinese Character 内 Meanings and components.

Form

内

Meaning

内 meaning[3] in English

Inside.

Inner.

Internal.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 内 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are radical in Chinese … (冂) , and man (人)

Its radical[1] is: 冂 (jiong1) which means: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc, See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4], .冂jiong1radical in …

In cangjie it is written with OB

How to write 内

To write内nei4inside you should write a combination of 冂jiong1radical in … , 人ren2man arranged in a + shape:

冂 + 人 = 内

内 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

内
Pinyin:nei4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Inside . Inner . Internal . Within . Interior
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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