Chinese Character 岑 Meanings and components.

Form

岑

Meaning

岑 meaning[3] in English

Surname Cen.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 岑 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shan (山) , and now (今)

Its radical[1] is: 山 (shan1) which means: Surname Shan, .山shan1surname Shan

In cangjie it is written with UOIN

How to write 岑

To write岑cen2surname Cen you should write a combination of 山shan1surname Shan , 今jin1now arranged in a 吕 shape:

山 + 今 = 岑

岑 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

岑
Pinyin:cen2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Cen
山
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan
今
Pinyin:jin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Now . The Present Time . Current . Contemporary . This (Day, Year Etc)
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
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
㇇
Pinyin:㇇

Notes

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

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

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