Chinese Character 彦 Meanings and components.

Form

彦

Meaning

彦 meaning[3] in English

Accomplished.

Elegant.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 彦 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to give birth (产) , 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 YHHHH

How to write 彦

To write彦yan4accomplished you should write a combination of 产chan3to give … , 彡shan1'bristle' radical … arranged in a 吕 shape:

产 + 彡 = 彦

彦 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

彦
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Accomplished . Elegant
产
Pinyin:chan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Give Birth . To Reproduce . To Produce . Product . Resource . Estate . Property
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
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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