Chinese Character 媳 Meanings and components.

Form

媳

Meaning

媳 meaning[3] in English

Daughter-In-Law.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VHUP

How to write 媳

To write媳xi2daughter-in-law you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 息xi1breath arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 息 = 媳

媳 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

媳
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Daughter-In-Law
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
息
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Breath . News . Interest (On An Investment Or Loan) . To Cease . To Stop . To Rest . Taiwan Pr. [Xi2]
自
Pinyin:zi4
Meaning[3]: Self . Oneself . From . Since . Naturally . Surely
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
心
Pinyin:xin1
Meaning[3]: Heart . Mind . Intention . Center . Core . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4]

Notes

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

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

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