Chinese Character 夭 Meanings and components.

Form

夭

Meaning

夭 meaning^[3] in English

Tender.

Gentle.

To Die Prematurely.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 夭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are radical in Chinese … (丿) , and big (大)

Its radical^[1] is: 大 (da4) which means: Big, Huge, Large, Major, Great, Wide, Deep, Older (Than), Oldest, Eldest, Greatly, Very Much, (Dialect) Father, Father's Elder Or Younger Brother, .大da4big

In cangjie it is written with HK

How to write 夭

To write夭yao1tender you should write a combination of 丿pie3radical in … , 大da4big arranged in a 吕 shape:

丿 + 大 = 夭

夭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

夭

Pinyin:yao1 Shape:吕

Meaning^[3]: Tender . Gentle . To Die Prematurely

丿

Pinyin:pie3

Meaning^[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

大

Pinyin:da4

Meaning^[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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