Chinese Character 嘆 Meanings and components.

Form

嘆

Meaning

嘆 meaning[3] in English

To Sigh.

To Exclaim.

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Main Components

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

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 RTLO

How to write 嘆

To write嘆tan4to sigh you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 𦰩𦰩5 arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 𦰩 = 嘆

嘆 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嘆
Pinyin:tan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Sigh . To Exclaim
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
𦰩
Pinyin:𦰩5 Shape:吕
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
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Pinyin:?

Notes

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

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

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