Chinese Character 層 Meanings and components.

Form

層

Meaning

層 meaning[3] in English

Layer.

Stratum.

Laminated.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 層 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are person representing the … (尸) , and Japanese variant of … (曽)

Its radical[1] is: 尸 (shi1) which means: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies), To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution), Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1], Corpse, .尸shi1person representing …

In cangjie it is written with SCWA

How to write 層

To write層ceng2layer you should write a combination of 尸shi1person representing … , 曽ceng1Japanese variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

尸 + 曽 = 層

層 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

層
Pinyin:ceng2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Layer . Stratum . Laminated . Floor (Of A Building) . Storey . Classifier For Layers . Repeated . Sheaf (Math.)
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
曽
Pinyin:ceng1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Japanese Variant Of 曾[Ceng2]
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say

Notes

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

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

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