Chinese Character 孱 Meanings and components.

Form

孱

Meaning

孱 meaning[3] in English

See 孱頭|孱头[Can4 Tou5].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 孱 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are person representing the … (尸) , and (孨)

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 SNDD

How to write 孱

To write孱can4see 孱頭|孱头[can4 … you should write a combination of 尸shi1person representing … , 孨zhuan3 arranged in a 吕 shape:

尸 + 孨 = 孱

孱 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

孱
Pinyin:can4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: See 孱頭|孱头[Can4 Tou5]
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
孨
Pinyin:zhuan3 Shape:品
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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