Chinese Character 叹 Meanings and components.

Form

叹

Meaning

叹 meaning[3] in English

To Sigh.

To Exclaim.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 叹 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and (once) again (又)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RE

How to write 叹

To write叹tan4to sigh you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 又you4(once) again arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 又 = 叹

叹 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

叹
Pinyin:tan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Sigh . To Exclaim
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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