Chinese Character 循 Meanings and components.

Form

循

Meaning

循 meaning[3] in English

To Follow.

To Adhere To.

To Abide By.

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Main Components

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

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 HOHJU

How to write 循

To write循xun2to follow you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 盾dun4shield arranged in a 吅 shape:

彳 + 盾 = 循

循 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

循
Pinyin:xun2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Follow . To Adhere To . To Abide By
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
盾
Pinyin:dun4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Shield . (Currency) Vietnamese Dong . Currency Unit Of Several Countries (Indonesian Rupiah, Dutch Gulden Etc)
⺁
Pinyin:⺁
𥃭
Pinyin:𥃭5 Shape:吕
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title

Notes

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

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

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