Chinese Character 彤 Meanings and components.

Form

彤

Meaning

彤 meaning[3] in English

Surname Tong.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 彤 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are red (丹) , and 'bristle' radical in … (彡)

Its radical[1] is: 彡 (shan1) which means: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59), .彡shan1'bristle' radical …

In cangjie it is written with BYHHH

How to write 彤

To write彤tong2surname Tong you should write a combination of 丹dan1red , 彡shan1'bristle' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

丹 + 彡 = 彤

彤 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

彤
Pinyin:tong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Tong
丹
Pinyin:dan1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Red . Pellet . Powder . Cinnabar
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)

Notes

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

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

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