Chinese Character 匾 Meanings and components.

Form

匾

Meaning

匾 meaning[3] in English

Horizontal Rectangular Inscribed Tablet Hung Over A Door Or On A Wall.

Shallow Round Woven Bamboo Basket.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 匾 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'right open box' … (匚) , and surname Pian (扁)

Its radical[1] is: 匸 (xi4) which means: 'Cover' Or 'Conceal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 23), See Also 匚[Fang1], .匸xi4'cover' or …

In cangjie it is written with SISB

How to write 匾

To write匾bian3horizontal rectangular … you should write a combination of 匚fang1'right open … , 扁bian3surname Pian arranged in a 回 shape:

匚 + 扁 = 匾

匾 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

匾
Pinyin:bian3 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Horizontal Rectangular Inscribed Tablet Hung Over A Door Or On A Wall . Shallow Round Woven Bamboo Basket
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
扁
Pinyin:bian3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Pian
戸
Pinyin:hu4
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 戶|户[Hu4]
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
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
𠕁
Pinyin:cong2 Shape:+
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]
卄
Pinyin:nian4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Twenty, Twentieth

Notes

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

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

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