Chinese Character 忝 Meanings and components.

Form

忝

Meaning

忝 meaning[3] in English

To Shame.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 忝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are tender (夭) , and (㣺)

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 MKP

How to write 忝

To write忝tian3to shame you should write a combination of 夭yao1tender , 㣺xin1 arranged in a 吕 shape:

夭 + 㣺 = 忝

忝 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

忝
Pinyin:tian3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Shame
夭
Pinyin:yao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Tender . Gentle . To Die Prematurely
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
㣺
Pinyin:xin1 Shape:*
心
Pinyin:xin1
Meaning[3]: Heart . Mind . Intention . Center . Core . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4]

Notes

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

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

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