Chinese Character 弁 Meanings and components.

Form

弁

Meaning

弁 meaning^[3] in English

(Old) Cap (Garment).

Military Officer Of Low Rank (In Former Times).

Preceding.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 弁 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are old variant of … (厶) , and hands joined (廾)

Its radical^[1] is: 廾 (gong3) which means: Hands Joined, .廾gong3hands joined

In cangjie it is written with IT

How to write 弁

To write弁bian4(old) cap … you should write a combination of 厶si1old variant … , 廾gong3hands joined arranged in a 吕 shape:

厶 + 廾 = 弁

弁 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

弁

Pinyin:bian4 Shape:吕

Meaning^[3]: (Old) Cap (Garment) . Military Officer Of Low Rank (In Former Times) . Preceding

厶

Pinyin:si1

Meaning^[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

廾

Pinyin:gong3

Meaning^[3]: Hands Joined

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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