Chinese Character 宴 Meanings and components.

Form

宴

Meaning

宴 meaning[3] in English

(Bound Form) Feast.

Repose.

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Main Components

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

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 JAV

How to write 宴

To write宴yan4(bound form) … you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 妟yan4 arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 妟 = 宴

宴 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

宴
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Bound Form) Feast . Repose
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]
妟
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

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

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

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