Chinese Character 咱 Meanings and components.

Form

咱

Meaning

咱 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 咱[Zan2].

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Main Components

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

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 RHBU

How to write 咱

To write咱zan2variant of … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 自zi4self arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 自 = 咱

咱 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

咱
Pinyin:zan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 咱[Zan2]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
自
Pinyin:zi4
Meaning[3]: Self . Oneself . From . Since . Naturally . Surely
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
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

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