Chinese Character 弦 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

弦 meaning[3] in English

Bow String.

String Of Musical Instrument.

Watchspring.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main characters.

弦 radical

Its radical[1] is: ()

Details

In cangjie it is written with NYVI


Components Tree

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

Pinyin:xian2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Bow String . String Of Musical Instrument . Watchspring . Chord (Segment Of Curve) . Hypotenuse . Cl:根[Gen1]

Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong

Pinyin:xuan2
Meaning[3]: Black . Mysterious

Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)

Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character