Chinese Character 巡 Meanings and components.

Form

巡

Meaning

巡 meaning[3] in English

To Patrol.

To Make One's Rounds.

Classifier For Rounds Of Drinks.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 巡 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (side … (辶) , and archaic variant of … (巛)

Its radical[1] is: 巛 (chuan1) which means: Archaic Variant Of 川[Chuan1], .巛chuan1archaic variant …

In cangjie it is written with YVVV

How to write 巡

To write巡xun2to patrol you should write a combination of 辶chuo4to walk … , 巛chuan1archaic variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

辶 + 巛 = 巡

巡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

巡
Pinyin:xun2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Patrol . To Make One'S Rounds . Classifier For Rounds Of Drinks
辶
Pinyin:chuo4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character)
巛
Pinyin:chuan1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 川[Chuan1]

Notes

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

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

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