Chinese Character 很 Meanings and components.

Form

很

Meaning

很 meaning[3] in English

(Adverb Of Degree).

Quite.

Very.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 很 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and blunt (艮)

Its radical[1] is: 彳 (chi4) which means: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60), See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4], .彳chi4step with …

In cangjie it is written with HOAV

How to write 很

To write很hen3(adverb of … you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 艮gen3blunt arranged in a 吅 shape:

彳 + 艮 = 很

很 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

很
Pinyin:hen3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Adverb Of Degree) . Quite . Very . Awfully
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy

Notes

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

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

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