Chinese Character 廵 Meanings and components.

Form

廵

Meaning

廵 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 巡[Xun2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 廵 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'long stride' radical … (廴) , and archaic variant of … (巛)

Its radical[1] is: 廴 (yin3) which means: 'Long Stride' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 54), Occurring In 建, 延, 廷 Etc, .廴yin3'long stride' …

In cangjie it is written with NKVVV

How to write 廵

To write廵xun2variant of … you should write a combination of 廴yin3'long stride' … , 巛chuan1archaic variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

廴 + 巛 = 廵

廵 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

廵
Pinyin:xun2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 巡[Xun2]
廴
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: 'Long Stride' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 54), Occurring In 建, 延, 廷 Etc
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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