Chinese Character 忙 Meanings and components.

Form

忙

Meaning

忙 meaning[3] in English

Busy.

Hurriedly.

To Hurry.

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Main Components

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

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 PYV

How to write 忙

To write忙mang2busy you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 亡wang2to die arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 亡 = 忙

忙 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

忙
Pinyin:mang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Busy . Hurriedly . To Hurry . To Rush
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
亡
Pinyin:wang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Die . To Lose . To Be Gone . To Flee . Deceased
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]

Notes

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

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

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