Chinese Character 含 Meanings and components.

Form

含

Meaning

含 meaning[3] in English

To Keep.

To Contain.

To Suck (Keep In Your Mouth Without Chewing).

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Main Components

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

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 OINR

How to write 含

To write含han2to keep you should write a combination of 今jin1now , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

今 + 口 = 含

含 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

含
Pinyin:han2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Keep . To Contain . To Suck (Keep In Your Mouth Without Chewing)
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:㇇
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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