Chinese Character 妝 Meanings and components.

Form

妝

Meaning

妝 meaning[3] in English

(Of A Woman) To Adorn Oneself.

Makeup.

Adornment.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 妝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'piece of wood' … (爿) , and female (女)

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

In cangjie it is written with VMV

How to write 妝

To write妝zhuang1(of a … you should write a combination of 爿pan2'piece of … , 女nv3female arranged in a 吅 shape:

爿 + 女 = 妝

妝 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

妝
Pinyin:zhuang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Of A Woman) To Adorn Oneself . Makeup . Adornment . Trousseau . Stage Makeup And Costume
爿
Pinyin:pan2
Meaning[3]: 'Piece Of Wood' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 90), Mirror Image Of 片[Pian4]
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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