Chinese Character 慎 Meanings and components.

Form

慎

Meaning

慎 meaning[3] in English

Careful.

Cautious.

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Main Components

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

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 PJBC

How to write 慎

To write慎shen4careful you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 真zhen1really arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 真 = 慎

慎 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

慎
Pinyin:shen4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Careful . Cautious
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
真
Pinyin:zhen1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Really . Truly . Indeed . Real . True . Genuine
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
具
Pinyin:ju4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Tool . Device . Utensil . Equipment . Instrument . Talent . Ability . To Possess . To Have . To Provide . To Furnish . To State . Classifier For Devices, Coffins, Dead Bodies
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

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

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

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