Chinese Character 岬 Meanings and components.

Form

岬

Meaning

岬 meaning[3] in English

Cape (Geography).

Headland.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with UWL

How to write 岬

To write岬jia3cape (geography) you should write a combination of 山shan1surname Shan , 甲jia3first of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

山 + 甲 = 岬

岬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

岬
Pinyin:jia3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cape (Geography) . Headland
山
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan
甲
Pinyin:jia3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: First Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . (Used For An Unspecified Person Or Thing) . First (In A List, As A Party To A Contract Etc) . Letter 'A' Or Roman 'I' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Armor Plating . Shell Or Carapace . (Of The Fingers Or Toes) Nail . Bladed Leather Or Metal Armor (Old) . Ranking System Used In The Imperial Examinations (Old) . Civil Administration Unit In The Baojia 保甲[Bao3 Jia3] System (Old) . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 75°
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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