Chinese Character 延 Meanings and components.

Form

延

Meaning

延 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yan.

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Main Components

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

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 NKHYV

How to write 延

To write延yan2surname Yan you should write a combination of 廴yin3'long stride' … , 正zheng4first month … arranged in a 吅 shape:

廴 + 正 = 延

延 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

延
Pinyin:yan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Yan
廴
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: 'Long Stride' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 54), Occurring In 建, 延, 廷 Etc
正
Pinyin:zheng4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: First Month Of The Lunar Year
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
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only

Notes

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

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

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