Chinese Character 奸 Meanings and components.

Form

奸

Meaning

奸 meaning[3] in English

Wicked.

Crafty.

Traitor.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 奸 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and old variant of … (干)

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VMJ

How to write 奸

To write奸jian1wicked you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 干gan4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 干 = 奸

奸 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

奸
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Wicked . Crafty . Traitor . Variant Of 姦|奸[Jian1]
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

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

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

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