Chinese Character 慢 Meanings and components.

Form

慢

Meaning

慢 meaning[3] in English

Slow.

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Main Components

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

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 PAWE

How to write 慢

To write慢man4slow you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 曼man4handsome arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 曼 = 慢

慢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

慢
Pinyin:man4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Slow
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
曼
Pinyin:man4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Handsome . Large . Long
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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