Chinese Character 平 Meanings and components.

Form

平

Meaning

平 meaning[3] in English

Surname Ping.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 平 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are old variant of … (干) , and 'eight' component in … (丷)

Its radical[1] is: 干 (gan4) which means: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1], .干gan4old variant …

In cangjie it is written with MFJ

How to write 平

To write平ping2surname Ping you should write a combination of 干gan4old variant … , 丷ba1'eight' component … arranged in a + shape:

干 + 丷 = 平

平 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

平
Pinyin:ping2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Ping
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
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
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]

Notes

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

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

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