Chinese Character 寞 Meanings and components.

Form

寞

Meaning

寞 meaning[3] in English

Lonesome.

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Main Components

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

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 JTAK

How to write 寞

To write寞mo4lonesome you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 莫mo4surname Mo arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 莫 = 寞

寞 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

寞
Pinyin:mo4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Lonesome
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]
莫
Pinyin:mo4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Mo
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
旲
Pinyin:tai2 Shape:吕
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

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

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

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