Chinese Character 寒 Meanings and components.

Form

寒

Meaning

寒 meaning[3] in English

Cold.

Poor.

To Tremble.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 寒 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𡨄) , and 'ice' radical in … (冫)

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 JTCY

How to write 寒

To write寒han2cold you should write a combination of 𡨄xia4 , 冫bing1'ice' radical … arranged in a 吕 shape:

𡨄 + 冫 = 寒

寒 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

寒
Pinyin:han2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Cold . Poor . To Tremble
𡨄
Pinyin:xia4 Shape:吕
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]
𠔏
Pinyin:𠔏5 Shape:吕
廿
Pinyin:nian4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Twenty (20), In A Limited Number Of Set Expressions . Also Written Using Banker'S Character 念
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]

Notes

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

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

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