Chinese Character 堰 Meanings and components.

Form

堰

Meaning

堰 meaning[3] in English

Weir.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 堰 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and to hide, to … (匽)

Its radical[1] is: 土 (tu3) which means: Tu (Ethnic Group), Surname Tu, .土tu3Tu (ethnic …

In cangjie it is written with GSAV

How to write 堰

To write堰yan4weir you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 匽yan3to hide, … arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 匽 = 堰

堰 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

堰
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Weir
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
匽
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Hide, To Secrete, To Repress . To Bend
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
妟
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

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

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

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