Chinese Character 寅 Meanings and components.

Form

寅

Meaning

寅 meaning^[3] in English

3rd Earthly Branch: 3-5 A.M., 1st Solar Month (4th February-5th March), Year Of The Tiger.

Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 60°.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 寅 can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , one (一) , to follow (由) , and eight (八)

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 JMLC

How to write 寅

To write寅yin23rd earthly … you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 一yi1one 由you2to follow 八ba1eight arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 一 + 由 + 八 = 寅

寅 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

寅

Pinyin:yin2 Shape:吕

Meaning^[3]: 3rd Earthly Branch: 3-5 A.M., 1st Solar Month (4th February-5th March), Year Of The Tiger . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 60°

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]

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

由

Pinyin:you2 Shape:+

Meaning^[3]: To Follow . From . Because Of . Due To . By . Via . Through . (Before A Noun And A Verb) It Is For ... To ...

曰

Pinyin:yue1

Meaning^[3]: To Speak . To Say

丨

Pinyin:gun3

Meaning^[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

八

Pinyin:ba1

Meaning^[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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