Chinese Character 單 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

單 meaning[3] in English

Surname Shan.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , first of the … (甲) , and one (一)

Its radical[1] is: (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RRWJ

How to write 單

To writedan1surname Shan you should write a combination of kou3mouth , jia3first of … yi1one arranged in a shape:

+ + =

單 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:dan1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan

Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Pinyin:jia3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: First Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . (Used For An Unspecified Person Or Thing) . First (In A List, As A Party To A Contract Etc) . Letter 'A' Or Roman 'I' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Armor Plating . Shell Or Carapace . (Of The Fingers Or Toes) Nail . Bladed Leather Or Metal Armor (Old) . Ranking System Used In The Imperial Examinations (Old) . Civil Administration Unit In The Baojia 保甲[Bao3 Jia3] System (Old) . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 75°

Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say

Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 單in English or Chinese