Chinese Character 咏 Meanings and components.

Form

咏

Meaning

咏 meaning[3] in English

To Sing.

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Main Components

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

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 RINE

How to write 咏

To write咏yong3to sing you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 永yong3forever arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 永 = 咏

咏 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

咏
Pinyin:yong3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Sing
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
永
Pinyin:yong3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Forever . Always . Perpetual
水
Pinyin:shui3
Meaning[3]: Surname Shui
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 咏in English or Chinese