Chinese Character 哼 Meanings and components.

Form

哼

Meaning

哼 meaning[3] in English

To Groan.

To Snort.

To Hum.

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Main Components

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

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 RYRN

How to write 哼

To write哼heng1to groan you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 亨heng1prosperous arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 亨 = 哼

哼 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

哼
Pinyin:heng1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Groan . To Snort . To Hum . To Croon . Humph!
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
亨
Pinyin:heng1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Prosperous . Henry (Unit Of Inductance)
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
了
Pinyin:le5 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: (Completed Action Marker) . (Modal Particle Indicating Change Of State, Situation Now) . (Modal Particle Intensifying Preceding Clause)

Notes

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

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

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