Chinese Character 単 Meanings and components.

Form

単

Meaning

単 meaning[3] in English

Japanese Variant Of 單|单.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 単 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are old variant of … (畄) , and ten (十)

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

In cangjie it is written with FWJ

How to write 単

To write単dan1Japanese variant … you should write a combination of 畄liu2old variant … , 十shi2ten arranged in a + shape:

畄 + 十 = 単

単 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

単
Pinyin:dan1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Japanese Variant Of 單|单
畄
Pinyin:liu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 留[Liu2]
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
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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