Chinese Character 存 Meanings and components.

Form

存

Meaning

存 meaning[3] in English

To Exist.

To Deposit.

To Store.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 存 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are one (一) , 'person' radical in … (亻) , and son (子)

Its radical[1] is: 子 (zi5) which means: Son, Child, Seed, Egg, Small Thing, 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat, Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4], Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North), .子zi5son

In cangjie it is written with KLND

How to write 存

To write存cun2to exist you should write a combination of 一yi1one 亻ren2'person' radical … , 子zi5son arranged in a 吕 shape:

一 + 亻 + 子 = 存

存 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

存
Pinyin:cun2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Exist . To Deposit . To Store . To Keep . To Survive
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)

Notes

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

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

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