Chinese Character 咁 Meanings and components.

Form

咁

Meaning

咁 meaning[3] in English

So (Cantonese).

Mandarin Equivalent: 這樣|这样[Zhe4 Yang4].

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Main Components

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

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 RTM

How to write 咁

To write咁gan4so (Cantonese) you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 甘gan1surname Gan arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 甘 = 咁

咁 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

咁
Pinyin:gan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: So (Cantonese) . Mandarin Equivalent: 這樣|这样[Zhe4 Yang4]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
甘
Pinyin:gan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gan . Abbr. For Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 Su4 Sheng3]

Notes

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

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

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