Chinese Character 南 Meanings and components.

Form

南

Meaning

南 meaning[3] in English

Surname Nan.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 南 can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are ten (十) , radical in Chinese … (冂) , 'eight' component in … (丷) , and old variant of … (干)

Its radical[1] is: 十 (shi2) which means: Ten, 10, .十shi2ten

In cangjie it is written with JBTJ

How to write 南

To write南nan2surname Nan you should write a combination of 十shi2ten 冂jiong1radical in … , 丷ba1'eight' component … 干gan4old variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

十 + 冂 + 丷 + 干 = 南

南 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

南
Pinyin:nan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Nan
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
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]
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
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
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

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

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

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