Chinese Character 尶 Meanings and components.

Form

尶

Meaning

尶 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 尷|尴[Gan1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 尶 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Wu (兀) , and to supervise (監)

Its radical[1] is: 尢 (you2) which means: Lame, .尢you2lame

In cangjie it is written with MUSIT

How to write 尶

To write尶gan1old variant … you should write a combination of 兀wu4surname Wu , 監jian1to supervise arranged in a 吅 shape:

兀 + 監 = 尶

尶 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

尶
Pinyin:gan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 尷|尴[Gan1]
兀
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
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
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
監
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Supervise . To Inspect . Jail . Prison
臣
Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: Surname Chen
亽
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 亼[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
*
Pinyin:*
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

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

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

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