Chinese Character 冬 Meanings and components.

Form

冬

Meaning

冬 meaning[3] in English

Winter.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 冬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'walk slowly' component … (夂) , and 'ice' radical in … (冫)

Its radical[1] is: 冫 (bing1) which means: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3], .冫bing1'ice' radical …

In cangjie it is written with HEY

How to write 冬

To write冬dong1winter you should write a combination of 夂zhi3'walk slowly' … , 冫bing1'ice' radical … arranged in a 吕 shape:

夂 + 冫 = 冬

冬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

冬
Pinyin:dong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Winter
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]

Notes

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

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

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