Chinese Character 县 Meanings and components.

Form

县

Meaning

县 meaning[3] in English

County.

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Main Components

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

Its radical[1] is: 厶 (si1) which means: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3], .厶si1old variant …

In cangjie it is written with BMI

How to write 县

To write县xian4county you should write a combination of 且qie3and , 厶si1old variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

且 + 厶 = 县

县 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

县
Pinyin:xian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: County
且
Pinyin:qie3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: And . Moreover . Yet . For The Time Being . To Be About To . Both (... And...)
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

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

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

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