Chinese Character 印 Meanings and components.

Form

印

Meaning

印 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yin.

Abbr. For 印度[Yin4 Du4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 印 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'cliff' radical in … (厂) , two (二) , and 'seal' radical in … (卩)

Its radical[1] is: 卩 (jie2) which means: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26), .卩jie2'seal' radical …

In cangjie it is written with HPSL

How to write 印

To write印yin4surname Yin you should write a combination of 厂chang3'cliff' radical … 二er4two , 卩jie2'seal' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

厂 + 二 + 卩 = 印

印 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

印
Pinyin:yin4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Yin . Abbr. For 印度[Yin4 Du4]
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

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

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

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