Chinese Character 媒 Meanings and components.

Form

媒

Meaning

媒 meaning[3] in English

Medium.

Intermediary.

Matchmaker.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VTMD

How to write 媒

To write媒mei2medium you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 某mou3some arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 某 = 媒

媒 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

媒
Pinyin:mei2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Medium . Intermediary . Matchmaker . Go-Between . Abbr. For 媒體|媒体[Mei2 Ti3], Media, Esp. News Media
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
某
Pinyin:mou3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Some . A Certain . Sb Or Sth Indefinite . Such-And-Such
甘
Pinyin:gan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gan . Abbr. For Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 Su4 Sheng3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu

Notes

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

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

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