Chinese Character 剩 Meanings and components.

Form

剩

Meaning

剩 meaning[3] in English

To Remain.

To Be Left.

To Have As Remainder.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 剩 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Cheng (乘) , and 'knife' radical in … (刂)

Its radical[1] is: 刀 (dao1) which means: Surname Dao, .刀dao1surname Dao

In cangjie it is written with HPLN

How to write 剩

To write剩sheng4to remain you should write a combination of 乘cheng2surname Cheng , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

乘 + 刂 = 剩

剩 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

剩
Pinyin:sheng4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Remain . To Be Left . To Have As Remainder
乘
Pinyin:cheng2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Cheng
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
北
Pinyin:bei3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: North . (Classical) To Be Defeated
爿
Pinyin:pan2
Meaning[3]: 'Piece Of Wood' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 90), Mirror Image Of 片[Pian4]
?
Pinyin:?
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

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

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

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