Chinese Character 宽 Meanings and components.

Form

宽

Meaning

宽 meaning[3] in English

Surname Kuan.

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Main Components

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

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 JTBU

How to write 宽

To write宽kuan1surname Kuan you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 苋xian4amaranth (genus … arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 苋 = 宽

宽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

宽
Pinyin:kuan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Kuan
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]
苋
Pinyin:xian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Amaranth (Genus Amaranthus) . Joseph'S Coat (Amaranthus Tricolor) . Chinese Spinach (Amaranth Mangostanus)
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
见
Pinyin:jian4
Meaning[3]: To See . To Meet . To Appear (To Be Sth) . To Interview
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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