Chinese Character 孀 Meanings and components.

Form

孀

Meaning

孀 meaning[3] in English

Widow.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMBU

How to write 孀

To write孀shuang1widow you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 霜shuang1frost arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 霜 = 孀

孀 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

孀
Pinyin:shuang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Widow
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
霜
Pinyin:shuang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Frost . White Powder Or Cream Spread Over A Surface . Frosting . (Skin) Cream
雨
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Rain . Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2]
相
Pinyin:xiang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiang
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title

Notes

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

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

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