Chinese Character 审 Meanings and components.

Form

审

Meaning

审 meaning[3] in English

To Examine.

To Investigate.

Carefully.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 审 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , and old name for … (申)

Its radical[1] is: 宀 (mian2) which means: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc, See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4], .宀mian2'roof' radical …

In cangjie it is written with JLWL

How to write 审

To write审shen3to examine you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 申shen1old name … arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 申 = 审

审 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

审
Pinyin:shen3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Examine . To Investigate . Carefully . To Try (In Court)
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
申
Pinyin:shen1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Old Name For Shanghai 上海[Shang4 Hai3] . Surname Shen
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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