Chinese Character 娟 Meanings and components.

Form

娟

Meaning

娟 meaning[3] in English

Beautiful.

Graceful.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 娟 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and a small worm (肙)

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

In cangjie it is written with VRB

How to write 娟

To write娟juan1beautiful you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 肙yuan4a small … arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 肙 = 娟

娟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

娟
Pinyin:juan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Beautiful . Graceful
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
肙
Pinyin:yuan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: A Small Worm . To Twist . To Surround . Empty
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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