Chinese Character 吟 Meanings and components.

Form

吟

Meaning

吟 meaning[3] in English

To Chant.

To Recite.

To Moan.

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Main Components

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

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 ROIN

How to write 吟

To write吟yin2to chant you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 今jin1now arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 今 = 吟

吟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

吟
Pinyin:yin2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Chant . To Recite . To Moan . To Groan . Cry (Of Certain Animals And Insects) . Song (Ancient Poem)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
今
Pinyin:jin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Now . The Present Time . Current . Contemporary . This (Day, Year Etc)
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
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
㇇
Pinyin:㇇

Notes

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

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

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