Chinese Character 嘗 Meanings and components.

Form

嘗

Meaning

嘗 meaning[3] in English

To Taste.

To Try.

To Experience.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 嘗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shang (尚) , and imperial decree (旨)

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 FBRPA

How to write 嘗

To write嘗chang2to taste you should write a combination of 尚shang4surname Shang , 旨zhi3imperial decree arranged in a 吕 shape:

尚 + 旨 = 嘗

嘗 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嘗
Pinyin:chang2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Taste . To Try . To Experience . Already . Ever . Once
尚
Pinyin:shang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Shang
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
冋
Pinyin:jiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 坰[Jiong1]
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
旨
Pinyin:zhi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Imperial Decree . Purport . Aim . Purpose
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

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

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

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