Chinese Character 吮 Meanings and components.

Form

吮

Meaning

吮 meaning[3] in English

To Suck.

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Main Components

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

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 RIHU

How to write 吮

To write吮shun3to suck you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 允yun3just arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 允 = 吮

吮 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

吮
Pinyin:shun3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Suck
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
允
Pinyin:yun3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Just . Fair . To Permit . To Allow
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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