Chinese Character 常 Meanings and components.

Form

常

Meaning

常 meaning[3] in English

Surname Chang.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 常 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are small (小) , and to suspend (吊)

Its radical[1] is: 巾 (jin1) which means: Towel, General Purpose Cloth, Women's Headcovering (Old), Kangxi Radical 50, .巾jin1towel

In cangjie it is written with FBRLB

How to write 常

To write常chang2surname Chang you should write a combination of 小xiao3small , 吊diao4to suspend arranged in a 冖 shape:

小 + 吊 = 常

常 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

常
Pinyin:chang2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Surname Chang
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
吊
Pinyin:diao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Suspend . To Hang Up . To Hang A Person
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
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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