Chinese Character 尚 Meanings and components.

Form

尚

Meaning

尚 meaning[3] in English

Surname Shang.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 尚 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are small (小) , and archaic variant of … (冋)

Its radical[1] is: 小 (xiao3) which means: Small, Tiny, Few, Young, .小xiao3small

In cangjie it is written with FBR

How to write 尚

To write尚shang4surname Shang you should write a combination of 小xiao3small , 冋jiong1archaic variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

小 + 冋 = 尚

尚 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

尚
Pinyin:shang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Shang
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
冋
Pinyin:jiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 坰[Jiong1]
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]
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure

Notes

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

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

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