Chinese Character 嘛 Meanings and components.

Form

嘛

Meaning

嘛 meaning[3] in English

Modal Particle Indicating That Sth Is Obvious.

Particle Indicating A Pause For Emphasis.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 嘛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and variant of 麻[ma2] (麻)

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 RIJC

How to write 嘛

To write嘛ma5modal particle … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 麻ma2variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 麻 = 嘛

嘛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嘛
Pinyin:ma5 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Modal Particle Indicating That Sth Is Obvious . Particle Indicating A Pause For Emphasis
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
麻
Pinyin:ma2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 麻[Ma2] . Hemp
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
林
Pinyin:lin2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Lin . Japanese Surname Hayashi
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu

Notes

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

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

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