Chinese Character 应 Meanings and components.

Form

应

Meaning

应 meaning[3] in English

Surname Ying.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 应 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'house on a … (广) , small (小) , and one (一)

Its radical[1] is: 广 (guang3) which means: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc, .广guang3'house on …

In cangjie it is written with IFM

How to write 应

To write应ying1surname Ying you should write a combination of 广guang3'house on … , 小xiao3small 一yi1one arranged in a 吕 shape:

广 + 小 + 一 = 应

应 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

应
Pinyin:ying1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ying
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
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

Notes

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

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

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