Chinese Character 忏 Meanings and components.

Form

忏

Meaning

忏 meaning[3] in English

Feel Remorse.

Regret.

Repent.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 忏 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Kangxi radical 61 … (忄) , and thousand (千)

Its radical[1] is: 心 (xin1) which means: Heart, Mind, Intention, Center, Core, Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4], .心xin1heart

In cangjie it is written with PHJ

How to write 忏

To write忏chan4feel remorse you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 千qian1thousand arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 千 = 忏

忏 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

忏
Pinyin:chan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Feel Remorse . Regret . Repent
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

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

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

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