Chinese Character 塹 Meanings and components.

Form

塹

Meaning

塹 meaning[3] in English

Moat Around A City.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with JLG

How to write 塹

To write塹qian4moat around … you should write a combination of 斬zhan3to behead … , 土tu3Tu (ethnic … arranged in a 吕 shape:

斬 + 土 = 塹

塹 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

塹
Pinyin:qian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Moat Around A City
斬
Pinyin:zhan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Behead (As Form Of Capital Punishment) . To Chop
車
Pinyin:che1
Meaning[3]: Surname Che
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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