Chinese Character 呻 Meanings and components.

Form

呻

Meaning

呻 meaning[3] in English

Groan.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 呻 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and old name for … (申)

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 RLWL

How to write 呻

To write呻shen1groan you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 申shen1old name … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 申 = 呻

呻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

呻
Pinyin:shen1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Groan
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
申
Pinyin:shen1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Old Name For Shanghai 上海[Shang4 Hai3] . Surname Shen
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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